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That front seat just won't go back quite far enough, will it? We must be giants compared to the back in the 50's... or we have all gotten a little bigger around the equator in our old age. Installing a tilt steering column can make things even tighter as they are slightly longer than the stock column. Or you have a floor shifter that hits the seat and you just don't want to change shifters or modify the seat. A simple solution is to relocate the seat further back in the car. But, if you move the seat back on the floorboard, the rear legs of the seat tracks will drop off the seat and lean to the rear. Plus, new holes would need to be drilled in those nice stock floorboards. Classic Chevy has developed a simple bracket system that bolts to the floor using the stock mounting holes. The seat will be relocated toward the rear of the car by 4". Best of all, no new holes will need to be drilled in the floor.
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Image 1 Description: The factory bench seat is bolted to the floor of the car with four 5/16" bolts...
Image 2 Description: The front of the seat tracks have a "foot" that fits under clips PIN 57-135681-1 that is bolted to the forward floor seat brace...
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Image 4 Description: The relocation brackets include grade-8 hardware. The brackets are held to the floor with 5/16" X 1" coarse thread bolts and lock washers. These bolts are long enough to reach through any floor insulation and hold the brackets securely to the floor...
Image 5 Description: The holes in the stock front seat clips PIN 57-135681-1 will accept the new 3/8" X 1/2" fine thread bolts and lock washers. Attach the seat brackets to the seat relocation brackets using the 3/8" bolts and lock washers, leaving the bolts loose at this time...
Image 6 Description: The holes in the seat legs at the rear of the seat frame will also accept the new 3/8" bolts. Using the 3/8" X 1/2" fine thread bolts and lock washers, bolt the seat into place. With the rear legs of the seat frame in all of the seat mounting bolts can be tightened...
Image 7 Description: With the seat bolted in using the new relocation brackets, the seat may be adjusted back an additional 4". It's AMAZING what an additional 4" of seat travel can do! The overhanging tail of the brackets can be hidden with your rear floor area carpet...