"modern" seat options for '68 109 3 door

[chester rides again]

ok, i didn't note it in another thread, but i just bought another truck - a beautifully restored '68 109 3 door with both full and pick-up hard tops. my previous posts addressed the different top options and you all did a great job addressing the myriad of top options - confirming my suspicion that a 109 lwb 3 door is the way to go.

now i'm facing a seating delema. the origional 3 seats in front have to go if i'm going to feel at all safe driving this truck. i'd like something with some head support that fits nicely into the existing space so that i can have both the pick-up and full tops on. i also need to replace the front seatbelts, and then it's on to the rear area.

I have two young children (5&7) who are demanding to ride in the truck. right now there is nothing for them to sit on. ideally, i'd love to have side mounted, forward facing rear seats, suitable for booster seats, BUT Exmoor lock and fold seats are 500 british pounds each, plus shipping!

i'd love to hear your solutions to updating the seating situation in this classic truck.

the previous owner, mr. leaming from niagara falls, on called the truck "GROVER", so GROVER it is...

[chester rides again]

i read another post here about jeep cj7 seats in the rear, but upon looking at some jeep sites, it looks like the rear seats will sit right on the floor. is it as simple as building a frame to raise the seat up a few inches?

anyone care to comment?

[LH Drive]

I too am working on a rear seat to adapt a car seat for my young one on my 88" Series 3. I found a good used CJ7 rear seat that I plan to use. This seat fits inside the rear wheel wells but I don't plan on bolting it to the floor. I had an old 1964 International Scout that had a rear bench seat that was off the floor. The Scout also had the same style rear wheel wells and that is where the seat metal frame was mounted to. They used a tall Z bracket, the top bolted to the wheel well and the bottom of the Z is where the seat bolts to. A tube was bent in a way that it wraped around the seat for back support and the side doubled as an arm rest. This is my next project and yes i'll take pictures and post them here.
Here is a picture of a Scout with the rear seat. The Scout rear wheel wells are 1 1/2 inches wider between them to a Series so the seat will not fit but a CJ7 seat will fit fine.

[chester rides again]

did the jeep seats have seatbelts attached? were they 3 point?

[LH Drive]

did the jeep seats have seatbelts attached? were they 3 point?

No they are not 3 point,,I don't think 3 point seat belts come factory unless its a New Sports Car $$$$
We are talking about a bench low back seat but you can add high back bucket seats with 3 point harness and an eject button if you like.

another picture of the same seat

[msggunny]

Dang,

I was looking for those seats before i got my CJ seat.

I think they used to sell them, or something similar, at JC Whitney years ago.

The CJ seat will fit, just buy some of the fold and tumble brackets or fab a box and mount it to it.