WANTED - WB ute or panelvan bucket seats!

**playwme** · 31-01-2012, 10:58 AM

I've just done a deal to sell my factory v8 2 seat WB Kingswood ute to a mate (with a very tidy original interior). I could see if he's sentimentally attached to the seats. I know he's planning on ditching the WB front end for an earlier one so he may not care about the WB specific stuff inside if it changes the price.

**83 WB_Ute** · 31-01-2012, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by wbute

Good luck Jason. I will have a set too please.
If you found WB runners how come the seats were not with them? Or are they statesman runners?

Yeah, they are statesman runners... Just put onto VH dunnydore seats...

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Originally Posted by HK1837

I've had plenty of them too. At one stage there was 4 x pairs in the shed, 2 x pairs from Kingswoods, 1 x Deville and 1 x Caprice. I think there is currently 2 x Kingswood pairs up on the mezzanine, although from memory I used the runners off one pair on VH Calais seats that I put in the Overlander before I sold it. When you compare Commodore and WB runners side by side it isn't that hard to modify them to be the same, just needs a tab welded on each end from memory, and when you do it make the tabs a bit wider on the tunnel side runner so you can capture the factory HQ-HZ floor nuts.

Yeah, thats what I'm doing... I am either going to get a set of statesman runners or modify the VH runners to look like original WB runners...

**wbute** · 31-01-2012, 02:17 PM

Are the WB statesman runners the same as the commercial ones? Is the drivers height adjustment removable?

**thatotherguy** · 31-01-2012, 03:18 PM

i think i have a pair in my hz ute but what is the difference between wb and commy? im in SA too

**83 WB_Ute** · 31-01-2012, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by wbute

Are the WB statesman runners the same as the commercial ones? Is the drivers height adjustment removable?

I have no idea... Maybe that is a question for HK1837 to answer... I wasn't really concerned about it because my ute was never gonna be restored to factory..

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Originally Posted by thatotherguy

i think i have a pair in my hz ute but what is the difference between wb and commy? im in SA too

The seat itself is pretty much exactly the same, but the runners are different.. I think the mounting points on the WB ones are further apart in length and a little bit in width... The Commy ones are also higher if that makes sense..

**HK1837** · 31-01-2012, 05:17 PM

LH side on both seats is the same for Holden, Kingswood, Deville and Caprice if the (Statesman) seat has no vertical adjusment. RH side is different for some reason. I suspect it is simply the adjuster handle and the Statesman sets are the same, so the Statesman runners should fit onto early Commodore buckets. Note, Commodore back is the same, cushion differs. I'm not sure if the Statesman lifting style runner assembly fits early Commodore seats. I know I pulled the lifting style off a pair of Calais seats and the standard WB runners fitted on the seats so in theory it should all work the other way.

Commodore runners are the same as WB, WB just have outriggers to meet up with the floor holes. You can weld these on yourself, factory are rivetted.

**83 WB_Ute** · 31-01-2012, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by HK1837

LH side on both seats is the same for Holden, Kingswood, Deville and Caprice if the (Statesman) seat has no vertical adjusment. RH side is different for some reason. I suspect it is simply the adjuster handle and the Statesman sets are the same, so the Statesman runners should fit onto early Commodore buckets. Note, Commodore back is the same, cushion differs. I'm not sure if the Statesman lifting style runner assembly fits early Commodore seats. I know I pulled the lifting style off a pair of Calais seats and the standard WB runners fitted on the seats so in theory it should all work the other way.

Commodore runners are the same as WB, WB just have outriggers to meet up with the floor holes. You can weld these on yourself, factory are rivetted.

Thanks HK... You are a great help..

**SNDMN** · 01-02-2012, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by stickthis

Must be WB. and must be from a ute or van. Not statesman...

I'll have a look in the shed on the weekend, I had a pair I took out of a WB ute.

**stickthis** · 02-02-2012, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by playwme

I've just done a deal to sell my factory v8 2 seat WB Kingswood ute to a mate (with a very tidy original interior). I could see if he's sentimentally attached to the seats. I know he's planning on ditching the WB front end for an earlier one so he may not care about the WB specific stuff inside if it changes the price.

Yeh let me know how you go mate. cheers!

Yes I want to fit VL seats. I have retrimed already.

**SNDMN** · 02-02-2012, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by stickthis

Must be WB. and must be from a ute or van. Not statesman...

Just had a look in the shed and I still have the set I took out of the WB ute about 12months ago. I was a 6cyl column auto with with buckets and seat seperator. Will get them down and post pics on the weekend if anyones interested. cheers Tony

@stickthis ... I can freight 'em down to you (foc) Jason if you're interested in doing a deal for a set of HZ DY3 decals you might have laying around??