driver seat September 21, 2009, 05:47:55 PM does the 88 t bird share front seats with any other car??? Quote Selected
driver seat Reply #1 – September 21, 2009, 07:23:17 PM Would this be a sport/tc seat (with floor mounted console) or base model seat (with attached consolette)?Basically, the front seats interchange with about any 80s ford/mercury (bolt-hole wise). They will all "fit". As far as finding the exact shape and material match, I am not too sure which ones match in that manner.I know any fox body seat will interchange. You can even swap in a fairmont bench seat if you have no power options to lose by eliminating your console, heh.Some non-fox seats fit too, like 80's escort seats (escort gt seats are nice), and tempo seats. I heard that sn-95 mustang seats fit too, but I am not too sure.http://www.coolcats.net/tech/reference/parts.html Quote Selected
driver seat Reply #2 – September 22, 2009, 01:52:26 AM To add to the above post:Remember that the seat brackets (what holds the seat to the floorpan) are Tbird/Cougar specific...as in, Mustang brackets will NOT work The seats themselves are plug-and-play, so to speak. Quote Selected
driver seat Reply #3 – September 22, 2009, 07:29:37 AM Quote from: FordTruckFreeek;292148To add to the above post:Remember that the seat brackets (what holds the seat to the floorpan) are Tbird/Cougar specific...as in, Mustang brackets will NOT work ;) The seats themselves are plug-and-play, so to speak.In other words you can unbolt the seats from the tracks and they will fit on the car specific tracks. You will also notice that at the back of the seat frame bottom there are multiple untapped holes to adapt the seat to the particular seat track that they will be mounted to. Quote Selected
driver seat Reply #4 – September 23, 2009, 01:07:04 PM so i have to find a t-bird seat track? Quote Selected
driver seat Reply #5 – September 23, 2009, 08:22:31 PM Quote from: pegasus;292307so i have to find a t-bird seat track?To have your seats "bolt in" a T-Bird, then yes. You need to answer some questions too. Is it a driver side or passenger side? Is it power or manual? Power passenger tracks were not standard. They're not super rare or expensive, they just weren't standard. Manual driver tracks aren't particularly expensive either, but they are kind of rare. Quote Selected
driver seat Reply #6 – September 23, 2009, 09:50:41 PM I just added a passenger side power seat track from an 85 Fox Lincoln Continental. It required me to drill extra holes in the seat track to line up with the floor bolts at the rear. I had to relocate the mount for the seat belt buckle and the track sits up just a tad higher than the Tbird driver's side seat in it's lowermost position. I do recommend finding correct Tbird/Cougar tracks if you can find them. Quote Selected
driver seat Reply #7 – September 23, 2009, 10:53:02 PM Quote from: Watchdevil;292375I just added a passenger side power seat track from an 85 Fox Lincoln Continental. It required me to drill extra holes in the seat track to line up with the floor bolts at the rear. I had to relocate the mount for the seat belt buckle and the track sits up just a tad higher than the Tbird driver's side seat in it's lowermost position. I do recommend finding correct Tbird/Cougar tracks if you can find them. Then what did you use for wiring and switches? Quote Selected
driver seat Reply #8 – September 23, 2009, 11:34:55 PM Quote from: FLSTCI71;292384Then what did you use for wiring and switches?I used the wiring and switch connector base from the same Lincoln Continental and spliced them into the 12V supply wire and ground for my driver's side seat. The Continental switches will work, but for them to have matching finishes I got them from another donor car. I changed all my console switches to ones with chrome which were harvested from any 1980's full-sized Crown Vic, Marquis or Town Car. I have it all covered in my Restoration Thread! Quote Selected
The seats themselves are plug-and-play, so to speak.
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