Seat Replacement
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Seat Replacement
I want to take the old bench seat out of my 79 F-150 and replace it with something that is more comfortable and has a console. I was thinking I would go down to the pick and pull and get a seat out of a newer Ford pick-up. Does any have any recommendations ans to what seats fit the best and require minimal fab work?
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I took seats and a jump seat out of a 06 f150 and they fit pretty easy and look really nice. only took a little bit of fab work, but probably not the best seats if your over 6' tall. Im 5'11" and I made the bottom mount as short as possible to make them sit lower and Im still gonna cut down the bottom and back seat cushion to help with adding room.
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Seat replacement
About 25 years ago, I replaced the bench seat in my '76 F350 supercab with a set of 40/60 split seats out of a '78 Olds 98. Tan color of the Olds seat was a very close match to the tan vinyl in the truck. I'm no fabricator, for sure, but I really didn't have much trouble adapting the seats to fit the truck. I removed all of the Olds h/w when I took the seats, and removed all traces of the bench seat from the truck before I started. I used my torch to cut down an old metal fireplace lentil to make the pieces I needed. I used stacks of washers to make up height differences where needed, and used the factory holes (and Grade-8 bolts) for attaching my homemade bracketry. The Olds seats were 6-way power, so I re-wired to accommodate. I have about 4 inches of space between the seats. I'm using GM seatbelt receptacles (the female ends) that come through the gap between seat back and bottom. The OEM integrated shoulder/lap belt fits into the Olds receptacle. My only regret is that I got seats out of a 4-door instead of a 2-door, so backrests don't tilt forward, which would have been nice in my supercab.
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