Hello everyone,

Great forum, I am a new member but have been following your forum for a few months now and learning a lot. There is a wealth of good information between all of you in the forum (or so some of you think any how)

I am semi retired because of heart health issues and have building my dream 56 F-100 for 5 years now. It started with a frame and cab only from a fellows yard that had sat for years who had started it then abandoned it when he lost interest. He had already fixed the cab corners and drivers side floor rust areas and that was the extent of the rust other than a few other minor surface rust spots.

Since then I have purchased everyhing for the truck piece by piece and had all the body parts painted individually, and have all the parts in my 24 ft by 28 ft shop which I built just for my truck and ready to assemble. But of course I have to get my sons car out of there first which I had to rebuild a motor for him in the mean time.

Now after all the dribble to my main question can anyone tell me what seats, bench style from newer vehicles will fit in my truck so I son't have to go measure everyting out there for weeks on end to find the right one. I want something comfortable for long cruises, as I have a bad back after 35 years of working in construction.

Thank you, and I look forward to many great visits to this forum.
Kevin
P.S. as soon as I figure out how I will figure out how to post some photos I will put some up of my progress so far.

 

Welcome to the forum. We will be looking forward to your pics. I am sure the 56 owners will be along shortly but heres a thread to get you started. Once you get your post count up, you can do searchs and find just about any info you need.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...a-53-56-a.html

 

Hello and welcome. A standard seat used used for years in a 53-56 F100 Was the 88-94 Chevy/GMC Truck Bench seat. Here is an install article

Installing a Mid 80's GM Bench Seat In a '53 F-100 .: Articles

If you scroll about halfway down the page on this article you will find more seat info.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Adapting Major Components of 1948 to 1960 Ford Trucks .: Articles

Working in a salvage yard part time I am finding the 88-94 GM Seats harder to find in good to great. At this point when most come in they have been worked hard and have the foam showing along with obvious fabric being tore. Best of luck to you in your pursuits

 

Welcome! As mentioned by tacson, the 88-94 GM bench from a regular cab fits very nicely. It was my choice, raised it 2.5 inches, fabed up some mounts using the original bolting points. Mine has the armrest aswell.
No head rest in the rear window, nice clean install.

 

My 53 has buckets right now with head rests. I want to put a bench in but I like the head rests, will protect the back of your head if you get rearended. What seat out there will fit that has head rests? Thank you perks56 for this question about seats. Welcome to the site. Give us some pictures

 

I have an 06 Tahoe 2nd row seat; the bad thing is it doesn't slide forward/backwards. I just installed it where I needed it. They also have the headrest just not in this picture. Someone on here has also used the 3rd row seat.

 

Jaye, that looks to be one comfy setup, very nice.
The 88-94 GM extra cab front bench 60-40 seat does have head rests.

 

will the front seats of a tahoe work????

 

I don't see why not as the Tahoe is basically the same. My chevy pickup has very nice buckets and wouldn't mind haveing a set for my panel they are very comfortable. THe 60/40 is another very good option and comfy as well and probably more suited to a regular cab. What I don't care for about a bench seat is if you are the passenger and the driver is a short legged ( you fill in the blank) your knees end up rubbing the dash.

 

Welcome aboard! When you get a chance post some pics...

 

I started out with a Tahoe seat but ended up using a Ford Explorer 2nd row bench.

 

Is it adjustable front to back?

 

I didn't construct rails to mount it to so no but it was certainly possible. By default they are mounted on 4 bolts fixed in the back seat of the explorer and they tilt to allow access to the third row. We built a tube steel structure and made it bolt to the stock seat locations. They fit great.

 

What did you not like about the Tahoe seats? I want the headrests. but I really want the middle seat to fold down to the console. I bought a set the of the explorer ones just like you have for $30 today he has the Tahoe bench to for $150 but no fold down console.

 

I have on of teas designs