Replacing Captains seats on early slant base

[Palmerdad]

Our coach came with some really awful seats and we wanted to regain a vintage look with the swivel function so I took some seats and slant bases from
an early Palm Beach parts coach, had the bases sandblasted and powdercoated and installed them on our brand new carpet, and guess what? They're
really uncomfortable! Now I'm wondering what it would take to go the route that many others seem to have and put a Honda or Toyota minivan's 2nd row
captain chair in. As I worked so hard to refinish and reinstall the bases I really want to keep them. How hard will it be to put these seats on an
early slant base?
--
-James Palmer, Traverse City, MI
1976 Eleganza

 

[george beckman]

> Our coach came with some really awful seats and we wanted to regain a vintage look with the swivel function so I took some seats and slant bases
> from an early Palm Beach parts coach, had the bases sandblasted and powdercoated and installed them on our brand new carpet, and guess what?
> They're really uncomfortable! Now I'm wondering what it would take to go the route that many others seem to have and put a Honda or Toyota
> minivan's 2nd row captain chair in. As I worked so hard to refinish and reinstall the bases I really want to keep them. How hard will it be to put
> these seats on an early slant base?

I put Honda seats in my '74. My friend and I cut down the pedestals as the seats would have been way too high. We used unistrut under the Honda seats
and then bolted that to the original swivel. I posted picture
here:bbhttp://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g5288-honda-seats-on-early-sloped-pedestals.html

There may be better ways but that is what we came up with.
--
'74 Eleganza, SE, Howell + EBL
Best Wishes,
George

 

[Joe Weir]

Wow, was that a 4" drop on that slant base?
--
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen
guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.

 

[Palmerdad]

Yeah I saw that. Being that I just spent money powdercoating them I'm not really wanting to start over. Does anyone know of a modern seat that might
bolt on to the slant base to retain the spin function but give a little more comfort?
--
-James Palmer, Traverse City, MI
1976 Eleganza

 

[jdlisenby]

What about re-foaming the original seats? I have had motorcycle seats re done that were extremely omfortable. Retains the appearance without
sacrificing comfort.
--
JD Lisenby- USAF Ret
1978 Royale-455
Electromotive Tec2 FI & ignition

Navarre, FL

 

[Gene Fisher]

Read here
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/seats-from-honda-odyssey/p28239-slide114.html

On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:35 PM Jdlisenby
wrote:

> What about re-foaming the original seats? I have had motorcycle seats re
> done that were extremely omfortable. Retains the appearance without
> sacrificing comfort.
> --
> JD Lisenby- USAF Ret
> 1978 Royale-455
> Electromotive Tec2 FI & ignition
>
> Navarre, FL
>
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