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Old Nov 10, 2017 | 12:18 PM
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How well would a bench seat from a 1996 F series, std cab, fit into an '86 w/std cab?
 
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Old Nov 10, 2017 | 12:30 PM
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Should fit fine, I've got a bench out of a 87-92 in my 86. I'm almost positive they didn't change bracket locations between 80 and 96
 
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All standard cab and crew cab bench seats are interchangeable from 1980 - 1997. Same floor pan, same seat brackets. Extended cab shares the same floor pan and seat brackets with Broncos, and will not fit standard cab and crew cab trucks. Also the front and rear bench on crew cab trucks are identical, you can swap them as well. I've got the front bench from a 1990 and the rear bench from a 1991 in my '86 F350.
 
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Originally Posted by rspasoje
All standard cab and crew cab bench seats are interchangeable from 1980 - 1997. Also the front and rear bench on crew cab trucks are identical, you can swap them as well.
This is very interesting. In theory, one should be able to find a very slightly used rear crew seat and install it in a std cab.

The '96 seat I'm looking at has the high backs and is more comfortable (at least for the two minutes I sat on it) than the vinyl mesh fabric bench in my truck now.
 
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Does the rear crew bench fold forward like the std cab bench?
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It sure does. They are literally the exact same seat (with variations like high back/low back, etc) as are found in the front of crew cab and std. cab pickups.
 
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Can you install the OEM bucket seats with center console setup from a '94 easily into a 1986 model?
 
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Yes you can pretty easily install Bronco bucket seats and the center console in an 86. I did it in my 1981 F100 last year by using a

1997-99 F150 seat pan. The Bronco seats came out of a 1994 Bronco and the seats bolted to the seat tracks that came with the

pan. All I had to do was tap one rear hole on the seats and bolt them down. The seat pan bolts perfectly to the truck floor using

the same bolts as the bench seat did I think any 1990s truck seats should also bolt to the pan.
 
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