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Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals [message #335435] Sat, 21 July 2018 14:52 Go to next message
A Hamilto is currently offline  A Hamilto   United States
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Well this is embarrassing. A couple of years ago, when I was getting the Sequoia ready to sell, I needed a pair OF OEM seats, so I traded a pair of Odyssey seats for a pair of OEM seats.

While re-arranging my SO's storage shed, I found a pair that someone had given me a few years before that. Too many dead brain cells, I guess.

Some of you may remember the relay that we orchestrated to get them from a rally to Birmingham.

So they are the kind with the armrests that fold down. They have been re-upholstered in dark blue cloth. I did a quick search of the photo site but couldn't find any pictures of them (although I thought there were some there...)

The most convenient pickup location I can arrange is near I-65 around Cullman, AL.

If no interest by Monday, July 23, 2018, they go to the dump. Not saying I won't hold on to them a little longer for someone, but if nobody says anything before then, they will be gone.
Re: [GMCnet] Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals [message #335436 is a reply to message #335435] Sat, 21 July 2018 16:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jerry Wheeler is currently offline  Jerry Wheeler   United States
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About 10 years ago, I took a pair of OEM seats out of my daughters 1973
Painted Desert; they had been redone in a dark blue cloth. Best I
remember, I carried them to Gene Dotson's home and he carried them to the
Bean Station rally. They required the slope seat base and were destined to
go to someone in Alabama. I still have some extra cloth that they were
redone in. Might be the seats I sent. No, I don't need them.

JR Wheeler 78 Royale NC/OR

On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 3:52 PM, A. wrote:

> Well this is embarrassing. A couple of years ago, when I was getting the
> Sequoia ready to sell, I needed a pair OF OEM seats, so I traded a pair of
> Odyssey seats for a pair of OEM seats.
>
> While re-arranging my SO's storage shed, I found a pair that someone had
> given me a few years before that. Too many dead brain cells, I guess.
>
> Some of you may remember the relay that we orchestrated to get them from a
> rally to Birmingham.
>
> So they are the kind with the armrests that fold down. They have been
> re-upholstered in dark blue cloth. I did a quick search of the photo site
> but
> couldn't find any pictures of them (although I thought there were some
> there...)
>
> The most convenient pickup location I can arrange is near I-65 around
> Cullman, AL.
>
> If no interest by Monday, July 23, 2018, they go to the dump. Not saying I
> won't hold on to them a little longer for someone, but if nobody says
> anything before then, they will be gone.
>
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Re: [GMCnet] Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals [message #335437 is a reply to message #335436] Sat, 21 July 2018 16:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
A Hamilto is currently offline  A Hamilto   United States
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Jerry Wheeler wrote on Sat, 21 July 2018 16:14
About 10 years ago, I took a pair of OEM seats out of my daughters 1973 Painted Desert; they had been redone in a dark blue cloth. Best I remember, I carried them to Gene Dotson's home and he carried them to the Bean Station rally. They required the slope seat base and were destined to go to someone in Alabama. I still have some extra cloth that they were redone in. Might be the seats I sent. No, I don't need them.
These are almost certainly your old seats, because everything was as you describe. Although I don't know enough about seats to say why they need the slant pedestals.

I still need them gone.
Re: [GMCnet] Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals [message #335544 is a reply to message #335437] Mon, 23 July 2018 18:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
A Hamilto is currently offline  A Hamilto   United States
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Last call on the seats. Tomorrow I will make them vanish from my possession unless someone expresses some interest.
Re: Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals [message #335550 is a reply to message #335435] Mon, 23 July 2018 20:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I would love to take them but unless I can put together a relay to Cal, I would have to pass. Do you have photos of them to see the colors? They would make a well traveled set of seats. Smile

Jerry Burt Fresno, CA.
73 Gmc 26' Canyon Lands
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Re: Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals [message #335554 is a reply to message #335435] Mon, 23 July 2018 22:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm in the middle of a reno so pardon the mess. Here are a couple of images of the color of the "living room". The cockpit dash and side-panels will be a very light blue.
http://jburtphotos.com/blu-seats-1.jpg
http://jburtphotos.com/blu-seats-2.jpg
http://jburtphotos.com/blu-seats-1.jpg
http://jburtphotos.com/blu-seats-2.jpg


Jerry Burt Fresno, CA.
73 Gmc 26' Canyon Lands
Members: FMCA - GMCMI - GMCWS
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
Re: [GMCnet] Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals [message #335555 is a reply to message #335550] Mon, 23 July 2018 23:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Just a suggestion; you might try calling Fastenal corporate HQ. They used to
ship items everywhere at VERY reasonable rates. They use empty space on
their trucks. I just hate to see anything original GMC go to the landfill.

Guy Lopes
1975 (ish) 23' RB Birchaven
Sacramento, CA


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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals

I would love to take them but unless I can put together a relay to Cal, I
would have to pass. Do you have photos of them to see the colors? They would
make a well traveled set of seats. :)
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Patti & Jerry Burt
73 Gmc 26' Canyon Lands -
77 Palm Beach
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Re: [GMCnet] Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals [message #335575 is a reply to message #335555] Tue, 24 July 2018 11:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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<tawptool wrote on Mon, 23 July 2018 23:02
Just a suggestion; you might try calling Fastenal corporate HQ. They used to ship items everywhere at VERY reasonable rates. They use empty space on their trucks. I just hate to see anything original GMC go to the landfill.

Guy Lopes
1975 (ish) 23' RB Birchaven
Sacramento, CA
Not trying to be an AH (that's just a side benefit), but I am not inclined to hassle with a shipping company and associated packing.

I can haul them probably as much as 100 miles one way, if someone wants them or want to help transport/relay them to someone that wants them.
Re: [GMCnet] Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals [message #335580 is a reply to message #335575] Tue, 24 July 2018 12:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Since I got something that sort of resembled interest, I will extend the deadline until July 23, 2018.

If I got no firm commitment by then that will get them out of my storage shed in the next month or so, they will be gone.

Speak now or forever hold your peace.
Re: [GMCnet] Free OEM Cockpit Seats, No Bases/Pedestals [message #335586 is a reply to message #335580] Tue, 24 July 2018 16:40 Go to previous message
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A Hamilto wrote on Tue, 24 July 2018 10:36
Since I got something that sort of resembled interest, I will extend the deadline until July 23, 2018.

If I got no firm commitment by then that will get them out of my storage shed in the next month or so, they will be gone.

Speak now or forever hold your peace.


Jerry Wheeler sent me pics of the ones he probably sent to you?? They are nice seats but I was hoping for the original hard shell backs. I think I'll pass. They look like they would make someone a nice set.


Jerry Burt Fresno, CA.
73 Gmc 26' Canyon Lands
Members: FMCA - GMCMI - GMCWS
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