Modern Seats & Belts For the 61 Chevy Apache
Seats make the ride! Real belts make it safe(r)! Comfy! Supportive! I love it!
Fitting Honda Civic buckets and seatbelts into the Chevy pickup, plus making a flip-down middle seat from the Civic's back seat.
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Turbocharged '61 Chevy Pickup Project Playlist:
Planning: • Planning it Out!!
Brakes: • Fixing the Brakes on m...
Running: • First Start of my 1961...
BONUS - Alive: • BONUS: Alive After 20 ...
Driving: • The First Drive in 20 ...
New Drivetrain: • Picking The Drivetrain
LQ4 Refresh: • Refreshing an LQ4 6.0L...
Frame Mods: • Truck Frame: Shortened...
Suspension & Steering: • Laying Low, Rack & Pin...
Motor Mounts: • A Whole Wack of Stuff ...
Inner Fenders: • Tubbing Inner Fenders ...
Turbo!: • "DIY" (Fabrication-Hea...
Coolers & AC: • Placing all the Cooler...
Cab Rust: • Fixing ALL the Nasty C...
Rusty Doors: • Fixing the Doors!
Bed Shorten: • HOW TO: Shorten a Step...
Panhard! • Fabricating a Panhard ...
Hood Repair: • Fixing The Hood
Rear Fenders: • Fixing Rear Fenders!
Nose: • Fixing The Nose!
Bed Patches: • Fixing the Bed!
Front Fenders: • Fixing Front Fenders!
BONUS - Hood Blasting: • Remove Paint AND Stress!
Cab Blasting: • Blasting the Cab!
Frame Blasting: • Blasting the Frame
Primer!: • Primering the Pickup!
BONUS - Trailer Hitch: • BUILD: A Trailer Hitch!
Gas Tank: • Rear-Mounted Gas Tank!
BONUS - Fully Rollerize a 4L80E: • HOW TO: Fully Rolleriz...
BONUS - Install a Limited Slip Differential: • HOW TO: Install a Limi...
Begin Reassembly: • Reassembling the Truck!
Pre-Paint Prep: • Pre-Paint Prep Prep!
BONUS - Tailgate Logo!: • Put Your Own Logo in Y...
Paint!: • Painting the '61 Chevy...
BONUS - Modernize your Steering Wheel: • Vintage Steering Wheel...
Back Glass: • HOW TO: Install Back G...
Windshield Glass: • HOW NOT TO: Install a ...
Door Glass: • HOW TO: Install Door G...
BONUS - Barrel Engine Cover: • HOW TO: MAKE an LS Eng...
Headlights: • Installing & Wiring Aw...
Turbo Exhaust: • Fabricating Turbo Exhaust
Fixing Door Latches: • Fixing Door Latches
Bumper Brackets: • Making Bumper Brackets
Modern Wipers: • Fitting Modern Wiper Arms
Stainless Fuel Filler: • Fabricating a Fuel Filler
Brake Lines: • Making Brake Lines
Battery Mount: • Frame Mounting the Bat...
Coolers: • Engine & Trans Cooler ...
BONUS!! TEASER!! • '61 Apache Teaser
DBW: • Fabricating a Drive-By...
First Start? • Finally, a REAL "First...
Boring Cummute: • The Boring Commute 3: ...
Cup Holders: • Fabricating a Cup Holder
Buckets: • Modern Seats & Belts F...
Tunes: • Build Subwoofer Boxes!
DAMAGE! • This Air Filter Could ...
Car Show: • Knox Mountain Hillclim...
Tuning: • Hacking a GM Computer ...
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Looking back at that old footage, there was a lot of work you had already done and you've done a whole lot more since, Kudos
Thanks for the inspiration. I am working upgrading my seat in my 52 Willys truck.
I have '01 Civic buckets in my '72 Elco. Four Hot Rod Power Tours and about 30K miles on the car and they are one of the best decisions I made. I have done 600 miles in one day with no discomfort. Great minds think alike.
Looking good (enough)!
I think they look good. Back in '61, safety in pickup trucks and cars in general, was not really a consideration. Adding seat belts is a big plus! As long as you like them, who cares what the purists think. My friend in high school had a '67 3/4 ton Chevy pickup and we put a Cadillac power front seat in it. You hit your head on every bump, and we never did hook the power up to it, so it didn't adjust but it was comfortable.
@GregWellwood
6 ай бұрын
The seats, the 245/45R18's, and the air bag size I chose, make this thing ride like a sexy sports sedan. I love it.
@goptools
6 ай бұрын
You put a ton of work into it. It should be exactly like you wanted it!@@GregWellwood
My experience has generally been that upholstery was nothing but the quickest hackery that worked for a minute, before I got hold of it. Not like the fabric, foam, springs and what-not are going to last forever, and it's usually just covering up something ugly to begin with. I wouldn't lose any sleep over the upholstery gurus being un-fond of my work.
Chevy Civic then.
Gr8 video, are any Mazda GC 626 cars available, model year 1982-1987, the 86' my dad had and were extremely comfortable, public transportation service drivers wanted these seats in the vehicles they drove and hence the reason many of these cars in trinidad had their interiors stolen...yes thats right, interiors were stolen, seats, door cards were the only things taken, seriously....have a look around, may be some of these cars still in the junk yards,
@GregWellwood
6 ай бұрын
Crazy!