Hi Two Hams,
I surely agree with you with regards to the barrel chair. It is comfortable in only one position.....sitting prim & proper.
I replaced our 2350 barrel chair with a 3rd matching captain seat. It is easily swapped out, taking all of 10 minutes. You remove 4 nuts directly under the barrel chair itself and it comes right off the pedestal. You keep the seat belt, and pivot-slide movements, not messing with any of them.
If ordering a matching captain seat from Pauls Seating or from anywhere else for that matter, you need to specify the seat will be mounted on an "House" pedestal on 8" centers, not in the Ford cab on 12" centers.
When we bought our seat around 7 years ago, Pauls Seating charged $15 extra for each arm rest. We were surprised our seat included a manual adjusting lumbar feature which is very nice.
I share this only "if" you later consider a captain seat. I am "not" saying a euro seat is a lesser choice.