I am somewhat vertically challenged, and I drive a rather large truck that is high off the ground. I find when driving my convertible (67 300) that I feel like my *** is on the road! Kind of disconcerting, actually. I was wondering whether anyone has raised the drivers seat, or both, by putting some blocks or similar, under the seat track? If I could get a couple of inches higher, I think it might make a world of difference. I have 6 way power buckets. Camshaft.
Raising the drivers seat, anyone done this?
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Chrysler actually offered a part to raise the seat. It was a small section of plywood with a U-shaped notch in it that you could slide around the seat mounting stud once the nut was loosened. It was about 2.5 x 2.5 inches. Easy enough to make yourself.
volksworld
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the top and bottom of the manual tracks are pretty straight and I imagine the power ones would be too...the tracks nut and bolt to the seat bottom, so it shouldn't be too hard to put some square tubing or channel iron between them with longer hardware...that would probably make it look more original than running them along the floor...idk if the power switches mount to the track or the side panel so that might not work and you'd have to put it on the bottom...they made 3 position adjustable manual tracks (just put them in my wifes Fury) but no clue if there were power ones like that
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I used brass bushings and flat washers to raise the bucket seat in my one 68 300. Still had enough stud going through floor to safely bolt seat in place good and tight.
A cheap and easy way would be to stack washers on the seat bolts. Then you could "tune" it for the lift you want or even add some tilt.
One thing to remember is if you lift the seat, the distance to the pedals increases. Because I'm 6'2" on a good day, and all my height is in my legs, I use the power seat high in the front and low in the back. That gives me a little more leg room. That may not be what you want.
One thing to remember is if you lift the seat, the distance to the pedals increases. Because I'm 6'2" on a good day, and all my height is in my legs, I use the power seat high in the front and low in the back. That gives me a little more leg room. That may not be what you want.
Justin Plant
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use body shims for easy install.
These were factory I believe:
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One of the PO's of my car used a hole saw to cut some plywood discs and put them under the bases of my seats to raise them about 1/2". I may try to tilt my seat back a little by adding a few more in the front. I'll probably replace the wood with some aluminum pieces from the scrap bin at worked, powder coated black.
When my Son and I were building his Gremlin, the Dodge Dakota seats we installed were way too low; the seat wouldn't even move. We decided to raise them up about two inches. We used C Bar. It did the trick, but man, is that stuff tough! I wore out three drill bits cutting holes.
What we did was to drill holes in the top and bottoms of the C, corresponding to the holes on the seats as well as on the floor. Then we used nuts and bolts to bind them together. It worked, but as I said, it was hard as hell!
Good luck!
What we did was to drill holes in the top and bottoms of the C, corresponding to the holes on the seats as well as on the floor. Then we used nuts and bolts to bind them together. It worked, but as I said, it was hard as hell!
Good luck!
You can only raise it about one inch on the 6 way seat because the bolts are welded on to the seat frame.
Funny, my seats do not have the bolts welded to the seat frame. If they were at some point, they were cut off and drilled out. I have some 2 inch x 1 inch square tubing. I think I will just cut to proper length, paint them satin black to match the seat rails and the carpet, drill the proper holes and buy extended bolts. Lets see how that goes.
Power seats are different
volksworld
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I don't think those bottom studs were welded in...more like carriage bolts with the square part peened into the track so it didnt fall out
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