Erv:
I just replaced the bench seat in my 73 Painted Desert with a single bucket this
past weekend. The bench is mounted onto a heavy metal box which bolts though the
floor with bolts that are way too small. I traded the bench and the drivers seat
with another GMC owner for their dinette. I installed the new seat using 5/8" x
4" Grade 8 fine thread bolts. Since the surface in our coaches is plywood (ours
is 1", later coaches had 3/4" I believe) I put two pieces of 1/4"x3"x about 20"
steel bar, coated with Por-15 under the floor in place of the aluminum channel
that was there before. Fender washers and locknuts finished the job.
If you have time and know what seats you will use, you might consider doing this
when you pick up the coach. A couple of wrenches, a cordless drill and a 5/8
drill bit with a reduced shank is all that you would need.
Ron and Julie
73 Painted Desert
(Bought thought the internet, the Ebay bidding didn't hit the reserve and I got
in through the back door)
> This is my first letter to this group - I just got the winning bid on my
> first GMC motorhome, a 1974 Palm Beach (check out eBay # 284527879). Any
> comments, good or bad, should be directed to my private email address.
>
> I have admired these machines ever since they came out. I worked for
> Duo-Therm during the 70's, and wrote up the procedure on replacing the
> Sol-Aire furnace with the Duo-Therm 9000 (big mistake - that furnace did not
> work very well).
>
> Now I need some help - we live in Indiana and our motorhome is in San
> Francisco, and does not have a passenger side seat. My wife and I will be
> flying out to CA to bring it back, and I would like to find a seat in the San
> Francisco area I could install for the trip back. It would not have to be an
> original GM part - just something I could bolt in that would be safe for the
> trip home. If you can help me, email me directly.
>
> This motorhome originally had the double passenger seat - how simple is it to
> convert to a single swivel-type seat? What about seatbelt anchors? Anyone
> have the description of the seat anchors in the floor? I have the GMC
> Maintenance Manual, but it does not give any detailed description of the
> anchors.
>
> I will appreciate any help I can get on this seat.
>
> Erv Troyer
> Lagrange, IN
> reo43
I just replaced the bench seat in my 73 Painted Desert with a single bucket this
past weekend. The bench is mounted onto a heavy metal box which bolts though the
floor with bolts that are way too small. I traded the bench and the drivers seat
with another GMC owner for their dinette. I installed the new seat using 5/8" x
4" Grade 8 fine thread bolts. Since the surface in our coaches is plywood (ours
is 1", later coaches had 3/4" I believe) I put two pieces of 1/4"x3"x about 20"
steel bar, coated with Por-15 under the floor in place of the aluminum channel
that was there before. Fender washers and locknuts finished the job.
If you have time and know what seats you will use, you might consider doing this
when you pick up the coach. A couple of wrenches, a cordless drill and a 5/8
drill bit with a reduced shank is all that you would need.
Ron and Julie
73 Painted Desert
(Bought thought the internet, the Ebay bidding didn't hit the reserve and I got
in through the back door)
> This is my first letter to this group - I just got the winning bid on my
> first GMC motorhome, a 1974 Palm Beach (check out eBay # 284527879). Any
> comments, good or bad, should be directed to my private email address.
>
> I have admired these machines ever since they came out. I worked for
> Duo-Therm during the 70's, and wrote up the procedure on replacing the
> Sol-Aire furnace with the Duo-Therm 9000 (big mistake - that furnace did not
> work very well).
>
> Now I need some help - we live in Indiana and our motorhome is in San
> Francisco, and does not have a passenger side seat. My wife and I will be
> flying out to CA to bring it back, and I would like to find a seat in the San
> Francisco area I could install for the trip back. It would not have to be an
> original GM part - just something I could bolt in that would be safe for the
> trip home. If you can help me, email me directly.
>
> This motorhome originally had the double passenger seat - how simple is it to
> convert to a single swivel-type seat? What about seatbelt anchors? Anyone
> have the description of the seat anchors in the floor? I have the GMC
> Maintenance Manual, but it does not give any detailed description of the
> anchors.
>
> I will appreciate any help I can get on this seat.
>
> Erv Troyer
> Lagrange, IN
> reo43
