Seat Question

[f100ranger1969]

I am gonna swap out my seat in my 69 for a much better one I found in a junk yard for $10. Thing I was wondering was, the "new" seat does not flip forward whereas my old one does. I see this as a useful feature. Now I have not looked closely yet but can I swap out the seat parts to make the new one flip forward?

Also. To get this seat outa the junk yard truck I had to cut the drivers side floor mount off. I looked under the old seat it looks like I can swap the seat brackets, just not sure how much of a project it is with the seat track and all. Or is it safe to mount it with three brackets only on the floor??

Jeff

[Joe Kriston]

You probably got a seat out of a '72 or newer truck...I think federal laws required that seats had some kind of a lock starting around then so the backs wouldn't fly forward in a wreck, or something...Since p/ups don't have a back seat I guess they figured there was no need to have the unlocking device like on coupes for access into the back seat...Mine is a '72, and there's just two metal u-shaped rods coming out the bottom of the seat back with a bolt going through each one to keep the seat from tilting forward...Just remove the bolts and you're seat will tilt forward like your old one...

[f100ranger1969]

Yeah it was out of a 1972. Thanks, I'll look for the bolts!

Jeff

[mrsnicks]

While on this subject, does anyone have the width measurement of the stock seat in our truck handy?

Found a seat on craigslist and would like to compare measurements.

Thanks,
Patrick

[sideoilerfe]

My '72 flips forward just like mt '68 and my '70?