seat

[1970F250]

i put in race seats but they are leather and uncomfortable. i want to go back to the bench seat but my parents say that i have to have heat rests so my head won't got through the rear window. so i want to get seats like these. has any one done this? i know i can but would like to see some pics of others rigs that have newer seats in them.

[Fordfool]

I want some just like that for my '70 crew cab. I saved my stock rails off my trashed out bench seat just in case I have to rig something up to work. I have never done it or seen it firsthand so I am anxious to see if anyone has tried these as well.

[68F250]

Those are '97 and later style seats. I think they're gonna be too high from the looks of 'em. '96 and earlier seats bolt right in to our year trucks. Actually, they bolt on to our rails.

[FORDification]

Take a look at the following page:

http://www.fordification.com/seats.htm

These would all be a virtual bolt-in.

[68F250]

Holy cow! That's a great section and pics Keith! Guess I should check out the site more, sorry about that.

[1970F250]

thats cool but i welded the seats i have now in so im going to need to custom make brackets any way so i only need to worry if its going to fit. im going to get mine from the junk yard.

[mrung0wa]

FYI: Lawn chairs make lousy seat replacements.

Do not allow any friends to convince you otherwise...


Lawrence

[1970F250]

i had one of those folding metal chairs in it when i was working on it.

[mrung0wa]

i had one of those folding metal chairs in it when i was working on it.

Steve, was it bolted/secured to the cab or just utilizing gravity to hold it down?

Lawrence

[1970F250]

gravity but i didnt move the truck it was just there so i could sit there and rev it for my friends.

[mrung0wa]

Oh okay that makes me feel a bit better now.

That reminds me of this time way back in high school in the late 70's. My friend and I we're workin' on his 72 Courier. The bench seat was in "TJ" gittin' reupholstered, so we used a lawn chair and a 5 gal plastic bucket as seats. In a short test drive around the block while making a left turn I fell of the bucket ! We laughed so hard we nearly crashed into a fence! Man those were the days! Young, Dumb and full of #@$!

Lawrence

[1970F250]

i put it in right after i cut the pipes off so i had strait pipes. i had my mom stand there with a rake in case all the grass that i had killed with digresser caught on fire.

[marz68]

Those are nice! I have some ford aerostar buckets on mine.

[mrsnicks]

I'm tall and big, when I was doing my cab I used a milk crate, held down by gravity and my big @ss. I could reach the pedals and see over the dash no sweat. Never went on the highway with it, but it was fun around the back yard and driveway.



Patrick

[fordman]

i drove mine across wichita with only a milk crate twice . once coming from the upholstery shop and the second time back to the upholstery shop.