International 4700 Interior upgrades?

Truck Puller · 04-19-2009, 08:00 PM

I am looking at some International 4700's and have noticed they are very utilitarian. I'd like to upgrade the seats especially but some searching in the internet hasn't revealed much of anything. Does anyone know where I can find seats/accessories?

Doc Weaver · 04-20-2009, 10:11 AM

If you can't find anything pre-made, then you can always take the route I did. I went on Craigslist and bought the rear captains chairs from a ford van. With a little ingenuity, a welder, and factory floor pedestal, I got comfy seats for about $150

Doc Weaver

geofkaye · 04-20-2009, 10:06 PM

...ONE ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED:...What is comfortable for you might not be for me.....I'd find the seat first and then think how you are going to mount it....my stock Volvo seats are the best for may back that any seat in a vehicle ever has been and they are bone stock made by: National Seat...I just rebuilt them and welded all the broken interior braces back together as the welds broke over time and I's sure over weight.....now I am not in pain after 5 hours behind the wheel.....and no sciatica in my legs any more b/c I use the forward tilt on the seat bottom.....geofkaye

Gary Atsma · 04-22-2009, 08:36 PM

Right on! about having good seats, as this is ONE area not to go cheap on. Anyone w/ANY form of back problems (You don't now? You will.... someday......) would concur with the above.
You owe it to yourself to have GOOD seats!

Gary

Truck Puller · 04-23-2009, 05:24 AM

I wondered if the seats from a Class 8 would fit in the 4700 cab.

The drivers side has a stock air ride and the pass. side is a rigid bucket, and I'd like to put in a pair of nice air ride's and a 12v air compressor to pump them up.

geofkaye · 04-23-2009, 08:57 PM

...IT WILL BUT YOU NEED TO USE A PLATE WITH BOLTS GOING BOTH WAYS IN ORDER TO BE SAFE - ALSO PROPERLY MOUNT THE SEAT BELTS....[UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THE OLD LADY AND GET A YOUNGER MODEL]....;&gt

.....geofkaye

Gary Atsma · 04-24-2009, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Truck Puller:
The drivers side has a stock air ride and the pass. side is a rigid bucket, and I'd like to put in a pair of nice air ride's and a 12v air compressor to pump them up.

If the truck has an air seat in it already, that tells me it should already have an air system. So why the 12V compressor? Just curious....

geofkaye · 04-24-2009, 10:10 PM

Puller: are you sure that the seat is not a springer with a shock absorber ....there were a lot of them out there in years past.....all military used to be that way.....when the shock went the driver went to the hard top quickly.....I always appreciated canvas tops....more and more as Asia got more bomb craters partially filled in during the rainy season.....geofkaye

Truck Puller · 04-25-2009, 03:17 AM

"get a younger model"....hmmm tempting....

The drivers seat has a hand pump on the seat. You can swing it to face the front so it can be pumped up while sitting in the seat.

Doc Weaver · 04-25-2009, 05:44 PM

mine had an air ride pedestal with this goofy hand pump attached to the seat base. a military mechanic buddy told me it was common on some military vehicles. It looked like a hand brake in a sports car.

Puller, is that what you have? I've never seen another one.

Doc Weaver

04-19-2009, 08:00 PM	#1
Truck Puller Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6	I am looking at some International 4700's and have noticed they are very utilitarian. I'd like to upgrade the seats especially but some searching in the internet hasn't revealed much of anything. Does anyone know where I can find seats/accessories? __________________

04-20-2009, 10:11 AM	#2
Doc Weaver Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Chester, Ohio Posts: 380	If you can't find anything pre-made, then you can always take the route I did. I went on Craigslist and bought the rear captains chairs from a ford van. With a little ingenuity, a welder, and factory floor pedestal, I got comfy seats for about $150 Doc Weaver __________________ Doc Weaver '98 Freightliner FL60 pseudo toy hauler

04-20-2009, 10:06 PM	#3
geofkaye Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 625	...ONE ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED:...What is comfortable for you might not be for me.....I'd find the seat first and then think how you are going to mount it....my stock Volvo seats are the best for may back that any seat in a vehicle ever has been and they are bone stock made by: National Seat...I just rebuilt them and welded all the broken interior braces back together as the welds broke over time and I's sure over weight.....now I am not in pain after 5 hours behind the wheel.....and no sciatica in my legs any more b/c I use the forward tilt on the seat bottom.....geofkaye __________________

04-22-2009, 08:36 PM	#4
Gary Atsma Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hanford,CA,USofA Posts: 786	Right on! about having good seats, as this is ONE area not to go cheap on. Anyone w/ANY form of back problems (You don't now? You will.... someday......) would concur with the above. You owe it to yourself to have GOOD seats! Gary __________________

04-23-2009, 05:24 AM	#5
Truck Puller Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6	I wondered if the seats from a Class 8 would fit in the 4700 cab. The drivers side has a stock air ride and the pass. side is a rigid bucket, and I'd like to put in a pair of nice air ride's and a 12v air compressor to pump them up. __________________

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04-23-2009, 08:57 PM	#6
geofkaye Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 625	...IT WILL BUT YOU NEED TO USE A PLATE WITH BOLTS GOING BOTH WAYS IN ORDER TO BE SAFE - ALSO PROPERLY MOUNT THE SEAT BELTS....[UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THE OLD LADY AND GET A YOUNGER MODEL]....;&gt.....geofkaye __________________

04-24-2009, 10:10 PM	#8
geofkaye Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 625	Puller: are you sure that the seat is not a springer with a shock absorber ....there were a lot of them out there in years past.....all military used to be that way.....when the shock went the driver went to the hard top quickly.....I always appreciated canvas tops....more and more as Asia got more bomb craters partially filled in during the rainy season.....geofkaye __________________

04-25-2009, 03:17 AM	#9
Truck Puller Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6	"get a younger model"....hmmm tempting.... The drivers seat has a hand pump on the seat. You can swing it to face the front so it can be pumped up while sitting in the seat. __________________

04-25-2009, 05:44 PM	#10
Doc Weaver Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Chester, Ohio Posts: 380	mine had an air ride pedestal with this goofy hand pump attached to the seat base. a military mechanic buddy told me it was common on some military vehicles. It looked like a hand brake in a sports car. Puller, is that what you have? I've never seen another one. Doc Weaver __________________ Doc Weaver '98 Freightliner FL60 pseudo toy hauler

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