Re: Van seats into d150?
[Re: volaredon]
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12/26/22 12:04 AM
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I wish I could get a ram charger and a van bucket seat alongside each other to compare Unless you have the van ones already, why not go with the Ramcharger bases? I agree with poorboy regarding the differences in the floor. The hinge setup on the passenger seat base is simple enough. Even in a regular cab, I could see where it could be helpful to gain access behind the seats (speakers, tools, whatever). When I had my '76 Club Cab I used RC bases to install bucket seats. I forget the brand import the seats came out of, but I called them 'recarro wannabes' as they were super comfortable and had a multiple adjustments. The only mods to the truck itself I had to make was to reinforce the floor for the RC base mounts.
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Re: Van seats into d150?
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12/26/22 09:17 AM
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Iirc the van and pickup high back seats are the same. It is the bases that changed to accommodate the floors.
I've heard rumors that Caravan seats also fit the bases but only the first generation ones.
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Re: Van seats into d150?
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12/26/22 09:35 AM
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The best seats are the 90-93 buckets. I have a set of those. I also have a set of 91 van seats. I put Rancharger seats in my 78 D100. They made 2 different Ramcharger bases. Short and tall ones. I used the tall ones. I had 2 sets so I made it so both seats tilt forward and slide adjust. I had these in my CC for years and is the reason I did that but I put them in my 78 standard cab this year. I can't slide them all the way back because they hit the rear window. Not a problem with all the floor room. I'll look at my van seats but I think they would work just fine in a truck.
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Re: Van seats into d150?
[Re: SattyNoCar]
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12/26/22 10:01 AM
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I wish I could get a ram charger and a van bucket seat alongside each other to compare Unless you have the van ones already, why not go with the Ramcharger bases? I agree with poorboy regarding the differences in the floor. The hinge setup on the passenger seat base is simple enough. Even in a regular cab, I could see where it could be helpful to gain access behind the seats (speakers, tools, whatever). When I had my '76 Club Cab I used RC bases to install bucket seats. I forget the brand import the seats came out of, but I called them 'recarro wannabes' as they were super comfortable and had a multiple adjustments. The only mods to the truck itself I had to make was to reinforce the floor for the RC base mounts. I don't have any ramcharger bases. The only ones around are the ones in my son's RC which he very much still drives. There's a RC in a local yard that still has it's console but the seats and bases are long gone.
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Re: Van seats into d150?
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12/26/22 12:04 PM
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And I'm going on 20+ yr old memories....... (so, I hope I'm not confusing matters here).
Moparmarks, two different seat bases? Was it dependent on year or seat style?
John
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Re: Van seats into d150?
[Re: SattyNoCar]
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12/26/22 12:27 PM
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And I'm going on 20+ yr old memories....... (so, I hope I'm not confusing matters here).
Moparmarks, two different seat bases? Was it dependent on year or seat style?
Year I think. The low back seat had the short base and the high backs had the tall ones, I think. It's been awhile.
72 Satellite Sebring Plus 440, 72 Dart 5.9 4-spd, 68 Valiant, 73 W200, 78 D100 sb, 78 D200, 98 DAKOTA, . Moparmarks Parts & Restorations Desert Mopar Metal Grand Jct. CO 970-261-7039 http://moparmark.com/motormangj@gmail.com
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Re: Van seats into d150?
[Re: volaredon]
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12/26/22 08:44 PM
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just a word of caution. If you use the Ramcharger flip up seat brackets and the high back buckets, you will want to be sure the seat backs clear the windshield.
I don't know what the guy had for a set up, but he had high back bucket seats with a full seat flip up on his truck. I watched him open his passenger side door, and flip the seat up fast, the seat back came back at him just as fast as it went forward, after it bounced off the windshield. My luck would have cracked the windshield, it hit the windshield hard and bounced back hard. Like I said, don't know what his set up was, but it was a vision I won't forget.
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Re: Van seats into d150?
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12/26/22 09:09 PM
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I have 2000 something Chrysler minivan 2nd row bucket seats in my 49. The ones I'm using are the low back to clear the rear window. They come with headrests and arm rests attached to the seats. The back rests on both seats fold forward onto the top of the seat bottom. I removed the head rests, and then the arm rests after I built my own consul with 2 cup holders, a storage box, and a catch all tray that will hold my phone. I made the seat brackets with adjusters that match up to the bucket seat mounting points on the Dakota floor pan in the 49. Pics 1 & 2 are the seats bolted in place with the arm rests still attached. pic 3 & 4 are with the arm rests removed and the consul I made. The space under the consul lid at the rear is where a tall 8 pack cooler fits. The cooler sits flat on the floor there. The storage bos is about 6" wide, 6" long, and 5" deep. Under the box is an open storage space accessible from in front of the seats. You can't see that area from outside of the truck. There is also 3 1/2" high, 11" wide, 18" long storage under the seats. My wife rides along, storage is important to her...
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Re: Van seats into d150?
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12/27/22 10:07 AM
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I figured it was the base that you cut down, not the seats. If I were to do this, I would go get that console from the junkyard ram charger, want something that would line up decently height wise with that. I’ll measure the seat height on mine, stock one too. I have a 94 van and those seats are lower than the 01 (air bags like I said before). Caravan bases are flat on bottom, shorter and narrower than the 01 bases, the reason for cutting the stock 01 base
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