Wow, great idea. & thanks for sharing!
Increase Bucket Seat Legroom Tip 1966
Decided to look into making the 1966 Chevelle easy to take on long trips. I am 6'1" and weigh 240. My 66 Chevelle's seats has new buns and covers over stock springs. My head will almost hit the headliner in the full back position, and my legs dont extend out enough to be comfortable. My vision is 1/2 in the tinted upper portion of the windshield and 1/2 in the clear lower portion. Only way to see comfortably is to scoot down in my seat and it feels terrible. I built the car with a gear vendors OD to help it want to go on 60-100 mile trips. (3.73 rear gears, 2.90s with OD). Something needed to be done.
Anyways I decided to show you all how to make the 1966 to 1972 bucket seat tracks altered to move the stock seat lower in the back for way more headroom and farther back for more leg room. This involved only drilling 4 holes.
First detach the two tracks from the seat. Remove the side covers as well. The rear portion of the seat frame in front of the rear preexisting holes dives down about a 1/3 inch. I put the track onto the seat frame there and drilled a hole in the seat frame there (feel the metal there it's 2 layers thick). I used a grade 8 bolt, lock washer, and nut there. It moved the seat frame foward about 2 inches.
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Then I saw where the front of the seat track needed holes in the front over the preexisting two nuts in the front of the lower seat frame. I drilled a hole there and used the same bolt there to fasten the seat to the frame. The seat tracks then stuck out 1/2 inch and I cut them off so the seat side covers fit.
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This results in me now able to fully stretch my legs out so it's really comfortable. More importantly my field of vision greastly is increased since my eyes are considerably below the clear/tint line in the windshield. I hope this helps all you guys with bucket seats (1966 to 1972). :hurray:
Anyways I decided to show you all how to make the 1966 to 1972 bucket seat tracks altered to move the stock seat lower in the back for way more headroom and farther back for more leg room. This involved only drilling 4 holes.
First detach the two tracks from the seat. Remove the side covers as well. The rear portion of the seat frame in front of the rear preexisting holes dives down about a 1/3 inch. I put the track onto the seat frame there and drilled a hole in the seat frame there (feel the metal there it's 2 layers thick). I used a grade 8 bolt, lock washer, and nut there. It moved the seat frame foward about 2 inches.
Then I saw where the front of the seat track needed holes in the front over the preexisting two nuts in the front of the lower seat frame. I drilled a hole there and used the same bolt there to fasten the seat to the frame. The seat tracks then stuck out 1/2 inch and I cut them off so the seat side covers fit.
This results in me now able to fully stretch my legs out so it's really comfortable. More importantly my field of vision greastly is increased since my eyes are considerably below the clear/tint line in the windshield. I hope this helps all you guys with bucket seats (1966 to 1972). :hurray:
