WTB - LHD HJ Bench Style Drivers Seat

[flatlandhj]

Location

United States

I'm about to start on the serious (take a lot of stuff apart to paint) phase of my project, and I'm still trying to tie up loose ends. (still open to the idea of a set of split rims) All reading this know the pickup has a real shortage of cab space. As I don't often carry three people around, I thought that I could take a LHD drivers seat, replacing my current bench in the same spot, and gain some space for a console of sorts in the middle. The mounting holes in my HJ seems to support such a configuration. I'm attaching a picture of my current drivers side mount as a reference. Anyone have a LHD HJ driver's side seat that they have since replaced with something else? Great also if anyone has pics of doing something similar!

 

[flatlandhj]

Thanks to those that send PMs. In a seasonal splurge, I just picked up some new seat cover kits from SOR, and I'll be refurbing the current seats to go along with the new paint job. This mod just took a lower priority in 2011.

 

[madams557]

I don't think you'll find all the holes you need for the left hand bucket seat. I helped a friend try putting a bucket seat from a LHD FJ40 into his RHD FJ45 troopy and we discovered that one of the bolt holes was missing under the bench seat. We decided against the swap because the propane tank would have to be removed to get the hole drilled and a nut attached underneath.

 

[flatlandhj]

After looking (via photos) at two different LHD driver seats, I think I reached the same conclusion regarding the older FJ benches. They will not convert directly. Because the hole patterns seem symetrical from left to right side on my fuel tank, I'm holding out hope that there is still a RHD HJ47 driver's seat out there that would be a direct bolt in.