Thread: 40 Ford Bucket Seats

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Unless your running a center console or something unique the base width for seats 35 thru 48 is 44" at the base of the seat bottom, and right around 47" at the top of the seat backs in both Fords and Chevys. Model A's pinch down pretty tight in front and 40" is all the room you have. I think your going to have a hard time finding a powered 20" wide seat. If you do find one please let us know what it is out of. Might want to double check the width and see if you can get 22" out of each side that will open up a lot more seats that are available. Be sure not to measure across on the floor, Then body widens quite a bit from the floor level to the seat height? What ever its worth.

I don't know if my 46 is much wider than your 40, but I don't think so. I used seats out of a 98 mark VIII, the out side holes match right up to the 46 seats so I just had to drill the inside holes
by the hump. You will have to build a riser as the mark seat slope
to the front some or sit level.

If you have a 2dr the back seat will fit right in, just lift the back off of the holder, take out the bottom, put the bottom in place from the Mark. You might have to bring the front of the seat up some, take a 2x4 and screw it to the board that is there. I let the 2x4 rest on the tunnel hump and just leveled it from that. Then just hang the mark seat right on to the holders for the 40 back they fit right on, change nothing. When I got mine I got all the seat belts, the bolts, all the hardware for the belts and put them in also. Front and back.

The seats are electric every way, plus heated.

I don't know if my 46 is much wider than your 40, but I don't think so. I used seats out of a 98 mark VIII, the out side holes match right up to the 46 seats so I just had to drill the inside holes
by the hump. You will have to build a riser as the mark seat slope
to the front some or sit level.

If you have a 2dr the back seat will fit right in, just lift the back off of the holder, take out the bottom, put the bottom in place from the Mark. You might have to bring the front of the seat up some, take a 2x4 and screw it to the board that is there. I let the 2x4 rest on the tunnel hump and just leveled it from that. Then just hang the mark seat right on to the holders for the 40 back they fit right on, change nothing. When I got mine I got all the seat belts, the bolts, all the hardware for the belts and put them in also. Front and back.

The seats are electric every way, plus heated.

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