I don't think so....more likely they were a running-change to the seats;
look WAY too
professionally-done, and fitted to the seat tracksThe seat was still way-low, even with the wood strips installed; they were not, really "blocks" of wood.Dave's 56 HAS chair-height seats on it; without those seat wood raising-strips, you'd recline like you were sitting in a Ferrari Neil Vedder David Homstad wrote: I think wood blocks under the seat track was a common dealer thing added for short customers. A buddy of mine bought a 53 Olds 98 2 dr ht from the original owner little old lady who was about 4'11". The power seat still needed 2 inch wood blocks under it, so at max height, she could see over the dash. She said the blocks were installed by the dealer. Dave Homstad 56 Dodge D500 -----Original Message----- From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:30 PM To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Front seat problem On my 57 HT, decades ago, I noticed that the factory/sub-contractor had installed about 1/2" tall wood blocks under the manual seat's 'legs-bases' in order to increase the height of the seat. The car was built in late March; I don't know when this non-adjustable seat height increase was instituted. I saw a 1959 Custom Royal 4-dr sedan which was in fine #3 condition, but which was sacrificed to restore a basket case CRL convertible, after its swivel (power, IIRC) seat was removed. I immediately noticed that the floor pan was virtually flat, compared to the 57-58 models, which required that DEEP OEM floor troughs had to be welded into the floor pans, in order to accept the power seat control-lifter mechanisms. Power bench seats WERE available in 1959 (Speed Age famously tested a 1959 CRL D500 convertible with air suspension, and a power bench seat) . I'm wondering if Nick's car might have 57-58 power seat adjuster-mechanisms on it. I retrofitted a 57 CHY power bench seat onto my car (complete with the installation of its deep-troughs into the floor pans) and always have its seat height residing at maximum altitude---in this position, the seat is not quite at "chair-height", but, there is not much room to slide my legs under the steering wheel and the seat cushion. Once seated, the steering wheel is at a very nice angle-position, and my head is well under the headliner, and I am 5'10" . Neil Vedder jrawa@xxxxxxx wrote:all manual bench seats from 57-59 use the same frame/tracks, the swivel seats were a 59 only issue of those 3 yrs... and have their own tracks. there are no adjustments as on the later c-bodies. all 3 years of the cars' floor pans are the same, with no difference for swivel cars, as ron already noted. there are 2 versions of the lower section of the frt seat though, just the way the springs attach to the frame, but it doesnt affect the height. the floor is recessed where the seat tracks go, with an understructure of 10ga metal, that has buttresses to the rocker to support the seat. if you were to pull a straight line form the major surface of the floor to the lowered section of where the track legs bolt through - ti would be about 1/2 - 5/8 lower after a 2-step drpression on a factory panel. i have repadded and reupholstered several of my 57-9 already over the yrs, and based on how i set up the foam, varies the seating height... i havent had to deal with a rusted floor for the past 20 or so forwardlook cars so i know everything is in check and the variable is the seat foam, on 1 58 plym i have about 1" clearance to the cieling [at 6' tall] since i padded it very firm on the acct of drag racing, another i did with stock thickness foam and i have almost 2.5" of headroom, my all original 58 with survivor upholstery grants the same 2.5"ish headroom. its a toss-up, but i'd lean towards acheiving a correct mounting height- unless the upholsterer went out of control, its a little hard to over pad a swivel seat than a typical bench- especially if they used the original upholstery as a pattern. -----Original Message----- From: Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sun, Nov 29, 2009 10:46 pm Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Front seat problem This might be a long shot, but... the seats in the later MoPars, at least the C bodies around '65 and after, had manual adjustments on the front seat tracks. Two bolts and two slots to raise and lower and/or move front or back. Maybe you could use that sort of seat track on your '59. --Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 Plymouth, '41 Dodge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nichols" <nick.barb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:nick.barb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 9:43 AM Subject: [FWDLK] Front seat problemMy '59 Plymouth has swivel seats and the floor pans has been replaced at some point. The front seat has been reupholstered and the seat sits higher than it is supposed to, mainly because the floor pans are sitting higher than the originals. Also, the seat being reupholstered doesn't help, as the newer cushions are sitting higher than an old worn down seat would. Anyone have any thoughts and how to lower the seat without having to redo the floor pans?? Removing some cushion material was all I could think of. I am 6 feet tall which causes my head to be right at the top of the headliner with the seat as is. Any info greatly appreciated. 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