C2 seats
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 256
Likes: 0
From: Boulder City NV
C2 seats
I'm in the process of building a Newman framed SW with LS2 and a T56 which reduces the trans tunnel space slightly.I had planned on using C5 seats but there doesn't look to be enough room for them. Anyone have any suggestions as to something that might fit?
Thanks for any ideas.
Thanks for any ideas.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 2,568
Likes: 0
From: Enterprise Oregon
That is the nicest set up i have seen Which tilt wheel set up is that and i assume ?? you had to drill new holes to mount the seat tracks???--I showed it to my wife and said this is what i want to do??-She said win thre lottery??
--Glenn oh a c-2 is in my future 
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,818
Likes: 13
From: ar
It is a Flaming River tilt column, as for the seat tracks, I welded a larger foot on the front of the rails and bolted them in the original holes. I will be honest, it took me about a month to get them to fit just like I wanted them to, but they sure are nice on long trips and at the auto cross track and in the mountains.
SSS
SSS
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,818
Likes: 13
From: ar
I used the C4 manual tracks. I tried to make the power tracks work but it made the seat set to high and I did not want to cut the floor. On the 94 - 96 seats and tracks I had, the bottom of the seat had 2 slightly different mounting locations, so with those combinations and welding a wider mounting pad on the front of the tracks, I was able to use the stock bolt holes in the floor.
SSS
SSS
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Racer
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 270
Likes: 3
From: Montana
C2 seats
Originally Posted by silverslashstreak
I used the C4 manual tracks. I tried to make the power tracks work but it made the seat set to high and I did not want to cut the floor. On the 94 - 96 seats and tracks I had, the bottom of the seat had 2 slightly different mounting locations, so with those combinations and welding a wider mounting pad on the front of the tracks, I was able to use the stock bolt holes in the floor.
SSS
SSS
WOW!! Beautiful '63 SWC with a stunning interior set-up with those C4 Seats and Steering
. I'd like to replicate same with a pair of C4 seats 
. I'm needing more information and clarification as to how you actually accomplished the fitment of your seats.
I spoke with Jason today ... nice informed guy ... from "Vette 2 Vette" (they salvage used 1984 to 2002 parts) about purchasing a pair of 1996 Seats. He described there were two choices ... the Standard Seats plus the Sport Seats with Lumbar electric air-pump adjustments and individual seat controls.
Independent of the two different seat options available, both were electrically operated in six-separate directions. Unless I misunderstood him
, he said none of those original seats came with manual track adjustments.Hmmmm ... what am I not understanding here
?The Sports Seat pair with seat controls are selling for $1,250.00
. Adding new leather seat covers on foam from Al Knoch are selling for $975.00 for standard colors . Custom color to match my '63 red interior color would be extra bucks.Please advise as to how you approached and achieved the installation of your seats.
Best Regards,
PeteZ
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,133
Likes: 2
From: Corona CA
Anyone ever seen or gotten to fit the 79-82 C3 seat into a C2? I swear I saw those once and it looked 'right.' and those are my favorite seat, for some reason they fit me better than any of the later ones and have alot better support than the older ones. If they weren't so expensive I might try to experiment myself but I would hate to buy them and not be able to make it work, and I don't really have all the skills or tools to do serious modifications to the seat frame and I have a rule about mods to the body...
Darren
Darren
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,818
Likes: 13
From: ar
Hey Pete, First I bought the standard seats on ebay for around 400, in good shape but needing covers. I choose the standard seat because the covering is not attached to the foam, making recovering them much easier. I also like the way the standard seat looked more period and the cross strips in the backs matched the door panels.
The seats in C4s came with power and standard tracks, you can find either kind on ebay or just buy them with the seat. I talked one of the seat cover manufactures to do me a set of covers using the correct material that matched the 63 red interior. To the best of my knowledge, the 63 did not have a true red leather interior, so I used the vinyl so it would match. I had tried in the past to match the red in leather and it was never just right.
I talked about the install process in a earlier post in this thread. We have made a few cross country trips with the seats and they are very comfortable.
Thanks for the compliments on the interior. SSS
The seats in C4s came with power and standard tracks, you can find either kind on ebay or just buy them with the seat. I talked one of the seat cover manufactures to do me a set of covers using the correct material that matched the 63 red interior. To the best of my knowledge, the 63 did not have a true red leather interior, so I used the vinyl so it would match. I had tried in the past to match the red in leather and it was never just right.
I talked about the install process in a earlier post in this thread. We have made a few cross country trips with the seats and they are very comfortable.
Thanks for the compliments on the interior. SSS
