Bucket seat question...

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  1. mavgrab302

    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    What is worth more ? The high back bucket seats complete with mav/comet tracks.. or should I scrap the seats and just sell the seat tracks ?
     
    mavgrab302, Apr 21, 2012
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  2. Craig Selvey

    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    Depends on how good a shape the buckets are in. If they are in decent shape, I probably would not seperate them.
     
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    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    seats are trash, frames are good tho... will need new foam and covers....
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    make the deal on the tracks and throw in the seat frames...:yup:
     
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  5. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    What year are the seat?
     
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    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    They are out of my 72 comet gt...
     
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    Mavman72 Gone backwards but lookin' forward

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    The seat pans/tracks are better off sold as a set,regardless of fabric condition...As long as the pans are not cracked in the corners at the seat back hinge point...They are easily restored/recovered...
     
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    I have a pair of high back buckets from a 71 Grabber with tracks and only one minor tear the size of a finger nail, These have not been sat in since around 2004. I wont be using them as its being built for racing. What are they worth to someone? Only problem would be the shipping as there in the UK.

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    PM me if anyone is intrested.
     
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    Ken,
    The seat frames are the same as 71-73 Mustang/Cougar and nobody repops those.

    Someone will want those, if not for a Mav. Easier to ship if you disassemble them.

    As stated, if the hinge mounting points are a weak point, and need to be looked at. Many Mustangs you see in the jy will be torn up there, especially if it was a modified car. The weight of the driver was always slamming into the seat back. The seat back may be leaning backward.

    Another area to look at is the captured nuts in the seat bottom where the frame attaches to the seat tracks, especially at the back. These frequently get detached. A good way to fix them is to tack a nut to a fender washer, and then weld the washer to the frame, with the nut captured inside. This way the height stays correct for mounting the seat tracks.
     
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    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    Thanks for the info... I'm going to strip the seats and fix and paint what's needed, then put them up for sale... I figure leaving them apart will aid in shipping them... Now it's time to look around the net and see what is the going price for these... Thanks to all...
     
    mavgrab302, Apr 26, 2012
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