troopy seat swaps

Terry,

I remember reading somewhere that someone put some in from a celica but had to alter (and engineer) seat mounts.

Just as an aside, the passenger seat in the troopy, can it fit an adult and a kid?
I notice there is a centre seat belt in it.

Hope this helps a bit.

Steve

My troopy has falcon buckets (looks like XF falcon seats) and the runners have been modified (bits welded on) and compliance plate . I have seen in an aftermarket seat shop where they have redone the original seats up . Very very comfy .

My troopy had the passenger seat cut down, restuffed and retrimmed to make it into a single seater..the headrest ends up being slightly off centre, but isnt an issue...it was like this when I bought it, but I'm sure any auto trimmer could do the job easily.
This may be another option for you to consider.

Cheers

Hi Terry, if you can get another troopy driver's side seat you can reposition the tilt lever arm to the left hand side. Also if you position the seat so that the left side floor mounting bolt holes are in line with the existing bolt holes, then position the right side slide bracket in the same position forward to back as the left one, you will find that if you mark out the two floor bolt hole positions & carefully drill through the floor (& not into the fuel tank) using a drill the size of the existing tapped nut size you will find the back nut position for the right side slide bracket (the front one is already there on the inside crossmember). When the troopy floor panels were manufactured the seat mount nuts were welded in place for left side bucket seats as well as 3/4 seats, but the holes were only drilled for the 3/4 seats. Only those for the 3/4 seats are imported to Australia. The Troopies exported to the some of the Middle East countries are fitted with either the 3/4 passenger seat or a single bucket passenger seat the same as the drivers side. I found this out when I went through the same exercise in my troopy as you are proposing.

What about seats from a 78 or 79 series Toyota? They are much more comfortable and wrap around the sides to give lower back support. They are heaps better than the seats from a 75 series.

Hi Terry,
I have front buckets out of a Tarago in my Troopy. Some modification needed, but they offer a lot of comfort, lumber adjustment, wrap around etc. As my Troopy was an 11 seater, I have also installed a rear bench seat out of an early Tarago as well. This folds up like a normal station wagon seat, when not required.

Regards
David M!MPG:3!