bench seat for 72? what factory seat will work?

harveyracing06 · Post by **harveyracing06** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:35 pm

i was wondering what years bench seats will directly bolt in "factory" in my 72 f100? will the later years 73 and on work?

1972hiboy · Post by **1972hiboy** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:32 pm

here is link to the tech page. http://www.fordification.com/tech/seats.htm

basketcase0302 · Post by **basketcase0302** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:28 pm

Put one from a 79' in my truck a few months ago and really loving it!
They have so...much more padding than our original bump seats did.

terry1167 · Post by **terry1167** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:05 pm

basketcase0302 wrote:Put one from a 79' in my truck a few months ago and really loving it!
They have so...much more padding than our original bump seats did.

Ford advertised in their '73 truck (dent) brochure that the new bench seats have 7" of foam on the bottom and 5" on the back, as an improvement over the bump generation!

70 ranger · Post by **70 ranger** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:36 pm

I am running a 95 seat with 70 upholstery on it! Works great

I had to drill some new holes but thats not a big deal.

jzjames · Post by **jzjames** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:30 am

I replaced my orig. 67 seat with a 79. Man, what a difference, so much more comfortable. It was a direct bolt in.

tmcalavy · Post by **tmcalavy** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:23 am

up through 96 is good...my bench came out of a 95-96...comfy and easy to install but I had to mod the seat back latch a little to keep it off the fuel tank in my 69...I have to have the seat all the way back and still no leg room in these trucks.

70 ranger · Post by **70 ranger** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:06 am

tmcalavy wrote:up through 96 is good...my bench came out of a 95-96...comfy and easy to install but I had to mod the seat back latch a little to keep it off the fuel tank in my 69...I have to have the seat all the way back and still no leg room in these trucks.

I never thought of that! I removed my in cab tank. I have lots of leg room though.

Post by **70_F100** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:00 am

Leg room? PLENTY of that.

BELLY ROOM is the problem!!!

tmcalavy · Post by **tmcalavy** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:38 am

yeah, it's a bee-atch when your ass migrates to your belly...happened to me about 19 years ago.

harveyracing06 · Post by **harveyracing06** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:46 am

thanks everyone!

flyboy2610 · Post by **flyboy2610** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:56 pm

70_F100 wrote:Leg room? PLENTY of that.

BELLY ROOM is the problem!!!

Aftermarket Grant steering wheel with power steering. (Plus 25 pounds less belly than I had when I bought the truck. Still have 25 more to lose, though.)

Post by **70_F100** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:25 am

flyboy2610 wrote:
70_F100 wrote:Leg room? PLENTY of that.

BELLY ROOM is the problem!!!
Aftermarket Grant steering wheel with power steering. (Plus 25 pounds less belly than I had when I bought the truck. Still have 25 more to lose, though.)

Got the power steering!

Don't really want to put an aftermarket wheel on it.

If I can drop about 40-50 pounds, I won't need to go that route!!

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