WB Ute, Injected 5 litre Project.

[Drawnnite]

words cannot describe the desire to want to own that =P

amazing and immaculate at the same time.

 

[madmartin]

Question for you, I'm looking at putting a VG bench seat into my tonner, it's a WB but i believe the cab is HX. What mods did you have to do to make the seats fit? Did you use the origional or the commie rails? Is it noticably narrower than the old bench seat and if so does this caus any issues with lining it up with the steering wheel?

Cheers

 

[383 hatch]

I used the bench seat exactly as it came out of the Commodore ute. I just drilled new holes in the floor where they needed to be (i think 2 of the front holes line straight up, been a while since i did it) and fitted 50mmx50mm 3mm anchor plates under the floor with captive nuts welded on them, job done. It's nearly exactly the same width as the original WB bench seat and lines up with the steering wheel perfectly. The L/H bucket seat is actually offset slightly on the Commodore bench to make room for the centre seat (i.e the seats are further apart than 2 buckets with a console in a Commodore, this is how they are from the factory). Honestly, it works perfectly and much more comfortable than the original WB bench and the middle seat acts as an armrest when not in use.

Hope that helps.

 

[madmartin]

Yep just what i wanted to hear, thanks a bunch and nice work on that ute too, very impressive

 

[EYY]

I couldn't help but notice that this is for sale on eBay! Will be interesting to see what it goes for..

 

[Sandman]

No don't sell it Tim. Eyy you should buy it, would nearly have twins

 

[madmartin]

got a link guys?

 

[Sandman]

1980 Holden WB UTE V8 5 Litre 304 HQ HJ HX HZ 253 308 GTS in VIC | eBay

 

[madmartin]

thanks fulla

beautiful, i was just about to buy then i noticed there's no fuse cover... NO DEAL

 

[EYY]

No don't sell it Tim. Eyy you should buy it, would nearly have twins

You just want me to own more cars than you, don't you?

Lol nah I can only drive one car at a time anyway