More seating options?
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More seating options?
Has anyone ever put the pedestal style seats from a 75 E-100 in their 48-50? I was also looking at Jeep Rubicon seats like I have in my 2006 Rubi also. Both options look like they will fit easily with no modification needed. I was in the wrecking yard this weekend and saw that the vans seats have very sturdy thick pedestal mounts and are 16.5 inches high from floor to seat top, right where mine need to be (and the 1950 factory height too). My Rubicon seats have flat 4 point mounts as well and may need only a small piece of square tubing to level them out. The widths on both are ideal too. I currently have a pair of 60/40 Ranger seats but in looking at the angled mounts and the fab needed to build risers, I thought the above two options would be no brainers. Thoughts??
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I'm going to subscribe to this thread. I have been thinking about making a similar post. I have searched on here most people say go with a bench out of a ford ranger as the back is thinner but it still retains the factory look of a bench seat. But I'm leaning towards bucket seats. I would like to find a nice st of black leather buckets and then make a center console. I'm just trying to decide if I go with buckets should i go ahead and move the gas tank to under the bed. Or can I just leave it where it is.
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I too am going to subscribe. I don't want a bench seat from a ranger but was looking for something more comfortable as in being able to drive all day. I hope we get a lot of responses.....
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1st Gen are just like the Ranger, so are the Bronco II's, as they have buckets as well. Lately, I've looked at new GM truck seats, as they have the seatbelts built into the seat.
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If you intend to use the console I think you can use up to the 1996 model year. If you aren't going to use the factory console than you can use just about any bucket seat you like.
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Those look nice. what year???
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I went back to the wrecking yard and looked at the mounting tabs on the Taurus and the Exploder seats. They all have curved or angled front mounts. What I did find, was that seats from the 93 fullsize ford van have completely flat mounting surfaces and are at a 16 1/2" height from floor to seat top which is the same as my F-3 seat. I also looked at a set from a 1987 Astro van. They also have completely flat mounting surfaces but the height is around 14 1/2" so I would probably need to add some steel stock underneath to raise it up to the height I want. Just thought I would share this info since these would both be easier than fabricating some mounts to convert from curved mounting tabs to fit the flat floor.