If this was going to be an around town, occasional 4-wheelin' truck I probably would have gone with bucket seats.twisted frame wrote:... I'm wondering why you might not have wanted buckets to give you the room you need for the shifters? Is it just a preference that a pickup should have a bench?...
Just looking at the trans tunnel from this angle makes it look like there's not much room for the skinny pedal but it's probably just the camera angle, right?
Here is the number one reason I went with a bench seat. He would have been seriously pissed only having the space of a bucket seat. There's no way to lay down:lol:
Seriously, because I plan on living out in the back of nowhere I thought it was better to have a seat that could handle three people, four in an emergency. The bench seat is just more utilitarian, and that's how I've tried to build the whole truck. I'm also kicking around ideas for a fold down back, with a storage compartment in it, when I widen it.
As for the skinny pedal. Nope, you have a good eye. It's not as tight as the picture looks, but it's close. For my size 11 foot fit's comfortably good, but someone with big ol' size 13's would find it a just doable squeeze. I left foot brake, so it wouldn't bother me at all. I'm most likely going to take about a half inch off the inside of the brake pedal and that will make it better.