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Posted by Keith in Washington [24.41.44.238] on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 13:09:42 :
In Reply to: Proper WC 53 front seats? posted by chriscase [75.36.32.6] on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 11:59:58 :
The seat base is correct for the carryall. The front seats look like they should be the originals. There is no seat base for the passenger front seat. There are mounting bracket holes in the floor for that seat. They should have the blind nuts that Dodge uses. I do not believe that the front driver's seat is adjustable.
I can not tell from the pictures about the back seats. The back seats mount into the keyhole plates in the rear floor. The rear seat frames should have a round "foot" that will fit into the keyhole and have a slot in the frame just above its base to allow the seat to slide and lock into the keyhole plate.
Some place I have a diagram of the keyhole slot positions which gives the dimensions of the seat legs. There are 3 seats. The largest goes across the rear of the carryall. The middle size is about a third smaller and actually can go into two different positions in the floor. The third seat is a single seat. One seat (I believe the middle sized one) has a strap on the seat back that bolts the seat to the steel plate just below the middle window on the driver's side. The smallest rear seat might fold but I am not sure. The seat parts that you show that were in the back look to be from something else. The smaller seat has mounting/pivot holes in the front legs and no rear legs. I agree it looks like a Willys seat. It is either the smaller rear seat or single front seat from a Willys Wagon. I can not tell what the larger seat is from. However, if those bent tubes are the arm rests then they are not from a Willys. I believe that the rear seats from the carryall did have arm rests so you may have a correct seat there but I can not really tell from the picture.
I looked a little closer at your other pictures. The upper dash is from the carryall as is the front window frame. This is based on the lack of the window winder and the brackets to hold the front window open. With the correct seat brackets the floor also comes from the carryall. The carryall floor also lacks the cutout and metal patch for the e-brake drum like the ffPW has(look under your PW seat and it will be obvious). The e-brake on the carryall was on the transmission. I can not tell about the firewall but it appears to be from a PW. Does it have 3 1 1/2 holes through it above the steering wheel and is there a single large hole in it near where the driver's side radiator rod bolts to the fire wall? If so, it is the carryall's.
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