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Updating/modernizing bench seats #914002 01/25/11 07:28 PM 01/25/11 07:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,067 Irving, TX feets OP Senior Management
feets OP Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,067 Irving, TX	I've been doing a little planning on the Imperial. I can't work on the car yet because I still need to finish the hot rod. The seats need to be rebuilt with new foam and covers. It's got the split bench seat that held you like the recliner in your living room. Can these things be bolstered to look somewhat original and still offer support for mild cornering? I'm not looking for a racing seat but don't want to slide across the car when I take an exit ramp. Here's a pic of the same seats. linky to large-by-huge interior pic I need to go through the front and rear seats. It would be possible to make them match each other but I don't want to make them look out of place with a stock interior. Last edited by feets; 01/25/11 08:27 PM. We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon

Re: Updating/modernizing bench seats [Re: feets] #914003 01/26/11 12:11 PM 01/26/11 12:11 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3 TX R RogersFury member
RogersFury member R Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3 TX	With an Imperial, "mild cornering" is about all you get. If you want the "look" of an Imperial, you'll have to get the original seats redone by a GOOD upholserer, and by that, I mean find a real good hotrod maker in your area and ask who they use. Then, just install a 3-point seatbelt in place of the original lap-belt. Otherwise, you will have to live with a non-Imperial look. JMO.

Re: Updating/modernizing bench seats [Re: RogersFury] #914004 01/26/11 01:29 PM 01/26/11 01:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,123 Grand Haven, MI patrick I Live Here
patrick I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,123 Grand Haven, MI	just install 5 point harnesses...that'll keep you in place or put one of those pads designed for putting a jute-backed rug on top of wood floors between you and the seat, and wear leather pants. 1976 Spinnaker White Plymouth Duster, /6 A833OD 1986 Silver/Twilight Blue Chrysler 5th Ave HotRod SOLD!* 2011 Toxic Orange Dodge Charger R/T 2017 Grand Cherokee Overland 2014 Jeep Cherokee Latitude (holy crap, my daughter is driving)

Re: Updating/modernizing bench seats [Re: feets] #914005 01/26/11 01:35 PM 01/26/11 01:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Instead of asking here, maybe you should try a furniture forum....that front seat looks like a living room couch If not...maybe try to sort of scallop the seat to give a little bit of support...Chevy had some truck bench seats that sort of did it...we did a few in Oz and had the trim guy we use make the scallops abit more pronounced and wasn't too bad. But with all that padding on your seats, going to make it hard.

Re: Updating/modernizing bench seats [Re: OzHemi] #914006 01/26/11 04:41 PM 01/26/11 04:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,067 Irving, TX feets OP Senior Management
feets OP Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,067 Irving, TX	Quote: Instead of asking here, maybe you should try a furniture forum....that front seat looks like a living room couch [/QUOTE] I wonder how many Tostitos can get lost between the cushions? Maybe I'll find an LS powered one in there when I clean the interior. Quote: If not...maybe try to sort of scallop the seat to give a little bit of support...Chevy had some truck bench seats that sort of did it...we did a few in Oz and had the trim guy we use make the scallops abit more pronounced and wasn't too bad. But with all that padding on your seats, going to make it hard. That's what I was thinking about. Maybe a harder foam insert around each side of the butt as well as the torso. It would look stock or really close to it but still offer more support. Roger, I'll be doing suspenion work to stop the ocean motion. I don't plan on outrunning a Lotus Elise in the twisties but I do expect a modern level of handling. We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon

Re: Updating/modernizing bench seats [Re: feets] #914007 01/26/11 05:52 PM 01/26/11 05:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Kinda give you the gist of it.....here was a truck I had around here for a while (yep, RHD) 6439927-newtrip110.jpg (133 downloads)

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