Thread: '70 F100 question

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Older Mustang bucket seats bolt in and bronco seats as well... Look on www.fordification.com and they have heaps of info there for 70's F100s. Great site for info on your truck. I used 2000 and something (forgot the year) Jeep Liberty tan leathered, powered and heated buckets in my 66 F100 but had to do some fab work on the mounts since one side was much taller than the other and they were much too high. I dropped them down as far as I could and they are very comfy and look great. The head rests come off so that is what I did as not to block the back window. The top of the seat is not flush with the bottom of the rear window which I didn't like but I looked in some magazines and saw a few trucks with the seat poking above the bottom of the window a few inches so I left it. I dont like the look of a seat being viewed from the outside but the seats are comfy on my back so they will stay. Maybe I am too picky on it I dont know...

Putting bucket seats in an F100 of that year is a challenge due to the fact that the floor slopes down toward the bottom of the doors. I had a set of bucket from a 70 Cutlass in a '73 F100 and had to get creative in mounting them. The inside rails can be bolted to the floor, but extensions will have to be fabricated to level the seat out for the slope of the floor. Mine were made from some flat stock angled at the bottom to match the slope of the floor. BTW, buckets from a '73 Comet recline and are pretty comfortable. I have a set in my '66 Mustang.

Thanks for checking in, Shawn.

Interestingly, I was looking around yesterday and I stumbled across the "fordification" web site. You're right. It gives me a good look at what you and Jeff are talking about.

And, NTFDAY, as long as I have had that old truck I never noticed that the floor slopes off toward the doors like it does. I guess that accounts for the fact that there's no rust at all on the floor (unlike that '70 Dodge I mentioned earlier. I got to where I was afraid to take the kids anywhere in it for fear that I would lose one through the big rust holes in the floor).

Since I'm not looking at buckets the slope may not be a problem. The bench may span the supports okay unless the tunnel hump gets in the way and it doesn't look like it will.

Reclining won't be an issue because when the seat is in its rear-most position the seat back is smack up against the back window anyway. As I indicated, a small amount of seatback tilt could be be instrumental in helping me keep my wife..

Again, guys, your advice is appreciated.


Jim

I would think that any bench seat that meets your size requirements would be a candidate if it didn't totally clash with the rest of the interior and didn't have you setting too high or too low. I would use the tracks from your existing seat and mount them to your new seat.