the foam in it is worn down on the drivers door side currently non electric and the shifter is on the column what is my best option? would it be nice to get a cheapish after market seat or should i find a junk yard seat that isnt as bad

 

I'd say get junkyard seat, that way they all match and it'll look better. I believe anything from a monte or a lumina would work. Not 100% sure about the lumina.

 

If you're only replacing the driver seat go with what Keane said. Find a matching seat at a junk yard. But depending on the price and how ambitious you are, you could look for a good deal on the entire set from a Z34 and upgrade your interior. I wonder if the seats from a 90's Grand Prix would work? It would certainly open up your options a little.

 

^ that. Actually, i dont think you could do a leather conversion as i believe they only came in bucket style and you have column shift, so no center console and i'm guessing you have a bench seat in the front then. Junkyard either way will probably get your result, not sure about the grand prix

 

a bench seat from a lumina would be easyist, should be exactly the same. or you could swap buckets and a console, but if i'm correct most bucket seats for monte's / lumina's are power seats, which can be a pain to get working properly... you could swap the manual seat tracks from you're currant seat onto a set of power buckets though. other problem is that the 5th gen full length consoles are almost always broken in some way, usually the lid / armrest is busted. final problem for you is having a column shifter.

if it was me i'd swap buckets and a full length console, and make some kind of storage cubby where the console shifter usually goes.

 

Why do you say it's a pain to hook up power seats ??
On my 1985 chevy caprice I installed power seat . When I remove the manual seat I found that GM had the wires for power seat under carpet .

 

i'll talk to my dad about it i was thinking he could do that and get me an hid conversion kit for christmas

 

They did make a lumina with leather seats that didnt have a center console, but two bucket seats and a center console would look much better. When I had my lumina i did that. Then I just made the spot for the shifter a place for switches. I'll post a pic.