Bucket seats in a 70

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  1. 97sn95

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    I want to put bucket seats in my 70 maverick but i heard i might have trouble with the floor pans. Is this true? What seats, if any, will fit? Aside from obviously maverick and comets
     
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    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    Really any seat will work...you will just have to add spacers to any seat to get them to sit level.
     
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    early mustang, falcon ,fairlane, will fit,:thumbs2:
     
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    I agree with Craig. I installed '89 Mustang GT seats in my '72 using the slides from the factory bench on the driver's seat and square tubing to bolt the passenger seat down.

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    Thanks guys. And shorty how do the seats look and fit in there?
     
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    Since mine came with the bench we had to drill the inside holes after measuring the tracks. Notice that the bottom of the seats are flat. I used pipe spacers on the inner bolts on each seat and the passenger seat has a 1" square tube under the inside seat rail with spacers. It has no fore or aft adjustment, just recline.

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