1978 Supercab Interior Upgrades
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1978 Supercab Interior Upgrades
Hi folks. Just showing y'all what I've been doing on my 78 f250. I got a set of seats from a brand new ford fusion for free, so I figured I would update the ride a little. They are fully electric, heated, air conditioned, and even lumbar supports! I then found a center console out of a brand new Sierra that matches perfectly down to the correct stitch color. Its a jump seat so I can still turn it into a "bench" seat. I also fabbed up a shift ****, think it turned out well. Yes those are real .38 bullets haha. And before y'all get all mad about messing up a perfectly good stock truck, I still have the original bench seat and I didn't modify the stock brackets whatsoever. So I can put it back to stock no problem if need be. Thought I would share!
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Good looking truck. I wouldn't worry about "messing up" a good stock truck. First of all, it's your truck, so do what you want, second, a few upgrades are kinda nice, and third it's not like you just ruined a $100K rare original corvette.
What's the specs on tires/wheels/lift? I like the look.
What's the specs on tires/wheels/lift? I like the look.
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Yes its a fan, theres no "cooling" system haha but even just the fan is great. And yes all the controls work!
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Good looking truck. I wouldn't worry about "messing up" a good stock truck. First of all, it's your truck, so do what you want, second, a few upgrades are kinda nice, and third it's not like you just ruined a $100K rare original corvette.
What's the specs on tires/wheels/lift? I like the look.
What's the specs on tires/wheels/lift? I like the look.
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Man, those seats turned out really nice!! AND they were FREE...nice score!! How did you mount them?
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"Ford Fusion", "brand new Sierra" Any idea what year of Fusion and Sierra those seats came out of?
Very nice looking truck and very cool mod.
Very nice looking truck and very cool mod.
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Haha my bad...sorry to all the "Fusion" guys out there
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The seats came out of a 2016. Brand new have never even been installed in a vehicle. The sierra console came out of a 2016 as well, never installed in a vehicle until mine. I had to make some custom brackets but it was very simple. Made them with some 2" by 3/8" bar stock. Have pictures of the mounts if anyone is interested! These seats are actually mounted better than the bench seat was mounted from the factory!
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Updates! Here are the brackets I fabbed up. Note: I fabbed these and fit them on another 78 supercab I have, thats why it looks different. I used the back bar stock and hit the 4 stock seat bolts, but then also ran it through the seat belt tie down bolts as well. Seats are rock solid.
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