Racing seats, any advice on what to look for?

[cammerfe]

Ricky---

Something on the order of a Lincoln back seat from the boneyard can be made into a very worthwhile bench seat for a truck. Spend a bit of time with a tape-measure and I'm sure you'll find something.

KS

[winr1]

Thanks KS :-)



Ricky.

[FElony]

Ricky---

Something on the order of a Lincoln back seat from the boneyard can be made into a very worthwhile bench seat for a truck. Spend a bit of time with a tape-measure and I'm sure you'll find something.

KS

You need a tilter so you can access behind the seat.

[TomP]

I have seen late model ***cough***Chev***cough*** truck bench seats adapted. The late model stuff uses foam instead of heavier springs.

[chris401]

Thanks Doug

I did not see any wide enough for my 65 F100

I could go as wide as 64" on the bottom and 60.5 on the back

That would be a bit wider than the factory bench in the 65


Ricky.

Truck seats up till 1997 HD are a bolt in for our older trucks. The seat will bolt up to the original seat tracts. I have a mid line Racetech that fits OK. A local racer said it depends on the person sitting in the seat. Sometimes a cheap seat fits better than an expensive one.

[cammerfe]

Ricky---

Something on the order of a Lincoln back seat from the boneyard can be made into a very worthwhile bench seat for a truck. Spend a bit of time with a tape-measure and I'm sure you'll find something.

KS

You need a tilter so you can access behind the seat.

By the time I put the Lincoln back seat in my ''63 Effie ICB, I'd moved the gas tank from behind the seat and replaced it with a fuel cell in the front of the bed just behind the cab. I never lacked for space in the bed for anything I wanted to carry and there was no reason to get behind the seat.

KS

[winr1]

Thanks much guys :-)

Again, sorry about the hi jack




Ricky.

[cjshaker]

No problem, Ricky. I was going to tell you about the newer seats fitting, but you said you wanted something light weight. A friend put a newer bench seat (mid '90s I think, but not sure of exact year) in an old '66 I sold him. It fit pretty snug, but it did fit and was much more comfortable than the original. The only thing I didn't like about it was that it sat up a bit higher and made it sorta close to the steering wheel. I'm a thin guy, and I thought it was snug, so a bigger fella might have issues.