Troop Carrier: passenger bucket seat conversion ?

You will get many wide and varied replies. What is involved will depend on the seat you eventually settle on getting. If going from a 2 seater to a one seater it should be certified and changes made to your registration.

Cheers Kev

Depending on your model,the base nuts to suit a passenger bucket seat are already situated on the vehicle except the holes have not been drilled but the nuts are welded in position.
Step 1. Remove the driver's side & passenger's seat.
Step 2.Position the drivers side seat in the passengers side just securing by the left side bolt positions & both front positions.
(The front bolt right side already exposed but the floor lining may be covering it).
Step 3.You will now be able to mark the position of the rear passenger right side bolt hole - remove the driver's seat.
Step 4. If you have marked position correctly, centre punch the position & carefully drill a hole 10mm diameter making sure you only penetrate to the depth of the top of the nut. ( when I say careful remember the top of the fuel tank is below the nut!!!!)
Step 4. You now have the securing bolt hole positions if you wish to use a L/C Troopy driver's side seat as a passaenger seat. If you wish to use an after market seat then you will have to modify the mounting base to suit or buy an after market L/C Troopy bucket seat base & secure the bucket seat to it.
It should be the same for 75,78,79 series Troopy's
Hope this helps. Cheers.

Every time there is a discussion on swapping car seats I post the following info. No one has ever comrented back. Is this too cheap? So easy that no-one thinks it can work?
Go to Supercheap and get a lumbar support (the sort with small sidewings so it also gives lateral support. About $10. Go to Clarke Rubber and get a piece of upholstery foam big enough to cover the seat base. About $15.It comes in different densities which are colour coded and I find the green one to be about right. Slide these items under a sheepskin seat cover. The covers dont have to be the real expensive ones, You can usually find something at Supercheap. Adjust the lumbar support to the height you want and tie it in position (I find it usually fits snugly enough under the sheepskin not to move around anyway. The seat is transformed. Not a Recaro, but quite good enough for long distance driving in comfort and mush better support when bouncing around off road. You squish down into the foam base and this gives a surprising amount of side support as well.
Nothing to drill, no engineers certificate issues.
I'd love to get some response this time, even if just to be told you think this is nuts.

John, I have to agree re the length of the seat. My cheapo solution doesn't lengthen the squab if you are on the taller side. For me that isn't an issue and the addition of the foam beneath the sheepskin makes a huge difference as well as giving a surprising amount of extra side support after you sink into the foam.