Replacing Troopy front seats

Hi Noel,

I replaced the seats on our 78 series troopy with Japanese bucket seats, no idea what brand. Cost about $200 a pair. Not easy. I ended up using the rails from the original driver seat and the 3/4 passenger seat. As there is no reinforced mounting point for the passenger rear bolt, the nearest to the middle of the truck, you have to provide one. Problem is the main fuel tank obscures access from below on my troopy, thus need to remove tank to bolt the rail down.
As far as choice of seats, I was able to remove the original rails from the replacement seats and bolt them directly to the landcruiser rails. Take great care in measuring the bolt positions on your current seats.
To get them approved in Qld with the bloke I use there must not be any welding and approval costs about $130 for the certificate.
A lot of the after market seats have specific rails (frames) for your model troopy. About $600-850 per seat and rails about $150 extra. They do come with engineering approval. Mine cost about $400 the pair.
Hope this assists.
Regards
Ian

Just my two bob's worth. Having driven Tojo's in SA Cooper Basin/South West Queensland areas for the last 14 years (no bitumen) I can say that the seats from a 78/79 series toyota are a 100% better than the old 75 series seats. More support for your bum and wrap around you slightly for more upper back support and are very comfortable. My regular vehicle has done 120000 kms in 18 months with a couple of big fellas (not at the same time) sitting in the drvers seat for no less than 200km of dirt road travelling everyday and the seats are still very firm.
I can appreciate you wnt to look after your back. My point is this, maybe the 78/79 series seats are an option for you. Cost? no idea, but they may be an easy conversion. Best of luck finding something suitable.

Cheers.

I have a pair of falcon seats in my troopy . They were already in when i bought the car . They have a compliance plate so obviously seats from wreckers can be installed ok . The hardest part would be to find someone in your area that has done this sort of work . My runners look like the original ones that have been modified . Extra bit of steel welded on etc . Unfortunately i dont have a digital camera at the moment so i cannot take any photos .

Hi Noel,

Will shortly be going through the same exercise as my seats are *******. One trick I found when I bought it is that the troopie (mine is a 95) already has the fixing nuts etc provided for the LHD option - they are just covered over by the floor pan on the passenger side. I located mine and drilled/cut the sheet metal for access and then the normal drivers seat and mounting rails fit perfectly. I have a drivers seat at present for the passenger, only problem is the slide and tilt levers are reversed to normal, no big deal. Two single seats with storage between beats the 1+1 1/2 original arrangement and I assume (though I have not asked the question(!) that there is no legal problem as the mountings are all original.

Hope this is useful,

Rob L

Go and spend the money and buy a pair of Recaro's, Scheel's or other orthapaedically (sp) designed seat, you will never regret the purchase and your back will thank you for the rest of your life.
We have a pair of Scheel 201 seats that we bought in 1978, they have been recovered once and had the base side bolsters replaced once. They have also been fitted to seven 4wd's in that time and have been all over Oz several times and are still very comfortable to sit in.
People said to us back in 1978 'fancy spending $250 a seat' best money we have ever spent.

Ive had saas seats in a 75 troopy and now in my 75 tray very good seats and bolt straight to your original runners.