Will a bench seat from a 99 chevy fit my 53 f100? Is the a year of ford bench seat that fits that would have head rests?

 

From a 99 chevy what? Your 53 is 58" door panel to door panel (the widest part of the seat)
Here is part of and article, located here https://www.ford-trucks.com/articles...0-ford-trucks/

1953-1960 Trucks " Seat Width No More Than 58 Inches

2001 F-150 NOTE: There are several different styles of bench seats used in the late 1980s through late 1990s GM trucks " quasi-buckets, 60/40s and full benches. They all tend to have thin backs which helps to increase leg space where needed. Some have built in arms rests and a level of seat bottom sculpturing to them, some don’t. These seats are also well liked by a number of the members of this forum.
1988-1998 GM truck seats

o Excellent looking brackets

o Easy to adapt

o Headrests tend to be removable

1988-1994 Chevy Silverado bench

o No headrest

o Fold down arm rest

o Very stylish

1997 and newer F-150 bench

o Has a built in headrest

o Brackets are a bit of a challenge

Late 1990s Chevy Suburban
1987 Chevy pickup bench
The 2000 and newer Suburban

o 60/40 bench

o Removable headrests

o Not the most stylish thing

o Brackets are clunky looking

The 1999 and newer GM Silverado 40/20/40 “bench” is an interesting possibility. It’s 60 inches wide, but it’s really more like two buckets with a “jump seat” between. You could easily omit the middle section and put in a narrower console or nothing. They do have built shoulder belts, saving you the issue of mounting the shoulder restraint to the wall between the rear window and the doors. You might fit this whole set up into a 1953-1960 F-100. The 1994 through 2001 Dodge truck also has a similar set up, though less stylish than the GM version. It will have the same pluses and minuses.

Another issue to consider is that you need to build some sort of bracket to mount your new seat(s) to your truck. If you’re using the 1988-1998 GM seats, it’s pretty straightforward. Just look at the stock GM mounting brackets and it’s a no brainer. However, if you’re using Ford seats or buckets, this can get a little tricky. For a few good pictures of the brackets one member made to install a later model seat check out this thread. http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=114729 The work was done by KAI – our German buddy. He was putting a 1980 F-350 seat in a 1954 F-100. His brackets deal quite nicely with the weird bend/angle in the front of the stock Ford brackets. They are wonderful in their simplicity and could easily be modified to compensate for a shorter driver.

 

From a 99 chevy truck. It would be really nice to have something with built in shoulder harness. This 99 that I found online does not look like it does. So was it a special order thing?

 

It's a C*#@y, I would have no idea.

 

I had a 99 chevy 60/40 bench in my 55. It went from armrest to armrest. It did work for years but I am going another direction now.

 

Anyone have pictures of their bench seat they used?

 

Yes it will fit, no it will not have built in shoulder harness.