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Restoring seats for 50's, 60's and 70's Muscle Cars and Trucks since 2009

10/12/2026

Greg's 64 GTO Seat is back together... No pic because it looks exactly like it did before! 🤣

But how about some pics of that Seat-Guy Magic behind the curtain....
Turns out there were actually no broken springs in the seat, but I did notice one side spring (the one the lean was toward) was compressed and bent making it about 2" shorter than the other side- pretty sure that was the cause of the lean.

I replaced BOTH side supports with brand new 9ga custom bent spring, and added a doubling spring to each. They are VERY firm now.
I added a doubling spring to the front of the two existing outboard front springs.
With this combination of reinforced and new springs- this seat feels FANTASTIC.
Looks stock, the seating height has not been raised, but the outside corners will now keep him in place like a modern seat.

Want these kind of modifications for your own seats? Message me and I can make you a set!

09/27/2026

Possibly the nicest looking seat to be dropped off for work in a long time....👀
oh yeah, it's because I restored it 3 years ago! 😁🤣

Greg's driver's seat from his 1964 GTO has developed an inboard lean since I redid them in 2023.
Most likely a spring has broken, so I'm gonna carefully tear down the bottom cushion to diagnose and repair.

09/19/2026

Back Seat Saturday!

Kevin's 1969 Camaro Back Seat (Covers by Legendary Auto Interiors) and Brian's 1965 Chevelle Back seat (Covers by Distinctive Industries) are ready to hit the road!

Both with all new High Density Foam, and burlap and jute

09/13/2026

Have I mentioned I love it when my seat family stops by with their cars?

I did the front seats in this gorgeous 1964 GTO 3 years ago... We think a spring broke in the driver's seat causing a bit of a lean, so I'll be getting my fingers back into it this winter. Thanks for stopping by Greg!

09/04/2026

Kevin's 1969 Camaro seats are ready to hit the road!

Deluxe Houndstooth Covers by Legendary Auto Interiors
Seat buns by

08/23/2026

Working on some 1969 Camaro seats right now...
If you have ever redone these, you know it's very common for the tabs on the lower frame that hold the springs to crack and bust off leaving the springs flopping around.

The tabs on these were still intact, but the cracks were visible and a couple of them I could bend back and forth with the tips of my I fingers..

I busted out the mig welder and hit them with a couple zaps each.. nice and strong now, they won't be breaking anytime soon. 👍

08/01/2026

Chris's 1970 Chevelle Bucket frames are ready to head home to Ohio!

These frames had already been blasted and painted, but had some broken and missing springs. Chris asked me to do a little Seat-Guy magic on these while he was here on vacation.

* New HD 9ga Side support springs replace the broken 11ga originals.
* "Doubled-up" Outer front springs will give his seats extra support on the outside front corners where its needed without raising the seating height.
* New Upper cushion tension rods will provide the proper shape and depth for the upper seats.
* All new Spring side Listing rods and OE style burlap & Jute decking was installed

His seats are ready for covers and buns to go on whenever he is ready!

Do you need spring repair parts for your bucket seats?
I can make you whatever you need, and give your seats a little Seat-Guy magic too!

07/27/2026

Doing some Frankenstein seat stuff today....
If you don't want to read my novel, just look at the pics and hit like 🤣
For the 5 guys who read my stuff and geek out over seats, proceed. 😎

A few weeks back I bought a pair of 66 frames that had gone through a fire. Stripped to the frames, everything was great except one upper cushion frame was just too badly rusted after blasting to be able to save it...

I actually guessed this was the case when I bought them, so I happened to find a deal on eBay that same weekend. I bought a 67 "Strato-bench" upper cushion.
A strato-bench is kind of unique it uses bucket seat uppers to give it the look of buckets while still being a bench. These have all the same frames and guts as a bucket upper except the inner hinge is different.

The hinges on 66-72 gm bucket seats are all welded on, EXCEPT the unobtainium outside hinge assemblies for 67 & 68, which are bolted on. Every frame 66-72 has the holes stamped into them even though they don't use the bolt in ones...

So... Drilled out some spot welds on the junk frame and suddenly I had a pair of 66 hinges.

Drilled out some spot welds on the inner hinge on the 67 frame and unbolted the side release assembly...

Used the bolt on hinge as a template for those factory holes then drilled and tapped so I could bolt those 66 hinges on.

Bam! Like it was made that way!
Now I have a full set of SOLID 66 bucket frames ready to send off for powdercoating!

And I have a spare 67/68 hinge and release button setup ready to install when I find a need for it. Can never have enough spare seat parts!

07/20/2026

A busy seat weekend!!
Yesterday I met up with Chris and his wife who drove all the way out here from Ohio bringing me his 1970 Chevelle frames for my famous (apparently) spring repairs and reinforments... To be fair I think he was actually coming to hang out on the coast for a month, but I'll pretend it was just for my amazing work 😂

Darrell came up from Portland this morning to score those beautiful 70 Chevelle bucket seats I had for sale.
They will be going into a 496 powered 72 elCamino. Can't wait to see some pics of them installed! Since they came all the way up here, I took him and his son for a little spin in my own 66 Chevelle. 😎

And this afternoon, Brian drove his LS swapped 65 up (also all the way from Portland!) to buy these back seat frames I had. We did a little test fit to make sure they fit (perfectly). I'll be building these out with new foam and covers over the next few weeks.

I had to snap these pics of his gorgeous Chevelle while he was here! I'll get some more once he has his new back seat in it.

Cheers!

07/14/2026

Do you know the difference between these seats?
I'll give you a hint- it's not the color.

GM used a unique upper spring assembly in their bucket seats for all Chevrolet Cars in 1966 & 1967 - Chevelles, Chevy II, and full size Impalas and caprices all got a 2" taller spring assembly that stayed tight to the frames creating a slim pointed top to their seats.

The rest of GM Buick, Olds, and Pontiac used a different set of upper spring assemblies, shorter and had springs pushing them out from the frame to create a fatter and flatter look for 1966/67.

In 1968+ gm changed the springs and they were all the tall version that Chevy used in 66/67 regardless of the brand.

Do you have BOP springs in your Chevy seats and want to fix them? I've got you covered!

Spring extension kits for 66/67 bop spring assemblies.
Include an extension top edgewire and supports and new top springs to pull it back towards the frame like Chevy did.

$100+ shipping gets you a kit with materials to retrofit 2 upper spring assemblies.

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