correct seats for 1956 CJ5

Hi all, I'm a newbie here. I'm restoring a '56 CJ5, and would like to know if the seats I just scored are the correct ones for a '56. I just bought useable driver and passenger seats, and a second driver frame for parts, paid $300 for all three. They are a heavy steel tubular frame, with springs attached to the frame. They're buckets, but all one-piece...they don't attach to a separate frame like the Bestop buckets. They will certainly bolt right in, but I just want to know if they're the "right" seats for my '56, or if they're later models. Thanks!

I hope the photos come through, I'm still trying to figure this out.

 

Thanks Mike, but the mounting brackets on your drivers seat are different, and is that an adjuster rod I see? Mine don't adjust, except for unbolting them and moving to different holes on the brackets.

 

Thank you, Mike and Howard, for your replies! I was really hoping that I'd scored the correct ones. I've heard those are pretty hard to find, especially in useable/restorable condition, I just hope I didn't pay too much...but I'm happy I got them. I paid $125 each for the users, and $50 for the nasty one, but I figured I'd better get them while I had the chance and the bucks. I've seen repros of several early seat frames, but not these. Beachwood has cover kits for them.

Rich at Beachwood told me the '55 and '56 CJ5's had the same seat frames as the CJ3B and the M38A1, and they used cushions that slipped on and snapped into place, but I don't have any reference source to check it out. I think I'll like these better anyway, since I can have a little adjustment to move them back, so I can get my fata$$ in easier.

Anybody else have an opinion on these seats and what vintage they are? Are there any other sources for seat cover kits?

Many thanks!

 

they are definately not the later model seat frames as the frame and seat are seperate for my '69. i guess the only advantages of the later model are easy to find cover kits and the fold and tumble pass seat. one more would be that you can adjust the seat by unbolting it from the frame and moving it to a new set of holes. i don't see how that version would be adjustable since there is only room for one set of rear frame mounts to the floor.

i would say you got a decent deal considering i have not seen this type of seat for sale on ebay or elsewhere.

chris

 

Howard, what's an "FSM"? Factory Service or Sales Manual? No, I don't have one of those. I do have something that has that same interior shot that you posted, but my book doesn't say what year Jeep is in that image. That's one of the reasons I bought these seats, was the fact the right front mounting foot on the two drivers frames is the same as in that image.

Thanks!

Ron

 

FSM is very very handy! Good investment for these old JEEPs.

 

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Thanks Matt! I'll definitely look the man up! There's also FN Jeep in Colorado Springs, they're a used-parts only place with a large inventory.