Hey, peeps!

I was just reading thru the tech articles, and came to seat installation. Nothing REAL interesting (no offence to the author :)).

I thought I'd better share my seat mod for my '84 1200 Ute. Grab a seat from a mid 90's Australia post van, which just happens to be a nice (brown) Stratos. I found both of mine from truck wrecking yards. I didn't even have to worry about the colour because it matches the interior!!!

Now comes the easy part. Grab the original Datto seat rails and modify them like this:




(Sorry I don't have photos - I didn't have a digital camera then....)

THAT'S IT!!!!

Bolt the seat to the rail. That's right. The seat mount widths are the same width as the 1200's!!!

Install them!!!

Now, ride in comfort! They're a little low, but that's the way I like it, yeah!




(Excuse the condition of the seats - my girlfriend is going to retrim them soon (She's a seamstress - Besides - I only paid $120 for the pair...)
I knew Australia Post was good for something!

TC

umm where are you? where can we find these in melbourne?
Also what year aussie post vans were they in?
Its better to sit lower than higher like in my laser seats, you sit about 3-4cm higher and closer to the steering wheel

Hey,
I'm in Adelaide, so I don't know about what postie vans they had over there, but here they were in the late 80's early 90's vans.

Not hard to miss, but unfortunately, it was the 'postie' Transit vans and no others...

I'll see if I can get a pic of one...

TC

Nice work TnPshow... They'll look good with a retrim