Chevelle with GTO seats Rear deck

[nvmyss]

I made me a rear deck so I could blend in the GTO rear seats, along with making a nice place to mount the speakers.
The rear seats I cut down and re-welded the frame so the height better matched the stock seat height.
Now all I need to do is make the arm rest/filler on the sides, have the headliner installed and sail panels covered.
Not sure if I should do head liner material or the "leather" material on the sail panels.



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[1badchevelle]

can you add more pics on how you did this. I am wooking on the front seats right now. If you have pics on what you did that would be great.

Thanx

[Waldo]

Did you leave the GTO stitching in the front seats or have that panel covered or replaced. What did you do on the outside edges of the rear seat.

[Motown 454]

Nice work it looks great

[GSXTRA]

Would love to know more about the mods made to the seat frame, i am using the same seats for the rear of gsx. I have the bottoms fitted but the backs are way to tall. I was thinking of cutting about 5 1/2 inches out about 3/4 of the way up. Any advise would be greatly appreciated

[nvmyss]

I had removed about 3-4 inches from the bottom of the the frame and cut the foam from the bottom.

I used expanding foam to blend between the rounded seat backs the the flat rear deck. I then covered with padding, I used a batting material but I should have used a foam type. I say this because the batting bunched up a little and caused a little bit of wrinkle when I rolled and glued.

[496ChevelleSS]

I too am interested in updating my rear seat in my '68 Chevelle. Has anyone tried this with a convertible yet? Thanks.

[496ChevelleSS]

I also have a 68 Convertible Chevelle. I have already purchased the rear seat on ebay and I am looking for more information on what needs to be done to make it fit. Thanks

[MCMLXIX]

Looks good. I like the blend to the top of the back seats. I have a 67 Chevelle, the same GTO seats and will be doing the same thing...

[g6t6o]

Great, another project to add to my car!

[nvmyss]

I realized that I need to add an update.
If I was going to do the rear deck again I would to a one piece panel across the face that mates to the back of the seat (the bulged part) I would also only use a thin foam padding between the MDF and the simu-leather.

[SparkyP]

NVMYSS
Thanks for the help and all the photos you have supplied us. They have been a great help. I really want to add the GTO seats to my car. My problem is the width.... I assume they are not as wide as an original. What did you do? Any Chance you could post a few pictures? Any help would be great! or you can just email them to me
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Thanks
Nick

[crustysack]

I am currently adding the rear seats in a 65 GTO- I am cutting the center section and moving the seats outboard to match the fronts. i will have to make a wider center section and about 3" wide bolsters on the outsides of the seats

[AZSaleen04]

What are you using to widen the center?

[stmeljes]

I just put 2010 Camaro SS leather seats in front and back..little mod on the brackets and they fit awesome!

[Rgarrett]

Currently adding the front GTO's to my 68 but having a lot of trouble with fitting the brackets..PLEASE HELP

[nvmyss]

I used a 1" spacer under the GTO mount.

[AZSaleen04]

I used a 1" spacer under the GTO mount.

Is that for all 4 holes on the track? Did you do any cutting or just spacers?

Thanks

[nvmyss]

I think I only used them on the back 2 bolts. But it will vary as I moved mine back a few inches to gain room for my long legs.

[AZSaleen04]

Does anyone have a writeup for this swap with Pictures?

Thanks