OK, lots of posts about "Will seats from a ...... fit in the maverick?" How about this. Are there any seat/bracket sets from any other cars that fit the maverick floor pan (specifically 1974 pre-cat floor)? How close is the mustang pan? edit with results so far... --Granada--very possible, but not confirmed --71-73 Mustang--but off-center by a couple of inches closer to trans tunnel
Well, we all know that the 71-73 Stang buckets are same frames as the 71-72 Maverick buckets. Also that the 71-73 Stang floorpans fit... The thing is though, I know from experience that the 71-73 seat tracks do not center the seats properly in a Maverick (non-cat). My uncle used them in his and the seats do not center. They sit closer to the tranny tunnel than the door. Sitting in the driver's seat, the steering wheel is off to the left a bit of your body's center. I don't know that I am adding much to the thread except to say that: If you need floor pans and buckets, look to the 71-73 Stang and maybe the brackets will work after you install the pans. Edit: For cat Mavs, the Granada seats and brackets both are said to work. Haven't tried it myself though. Sounds reasonable.
Also, just got this from Procar... Of course, the seats and brackets are 1/3 the price through JEGS/Summit
so, if im to interpret daves(ratios) response correctly, with a bit of shimming.. the stang tracks will work? sounds like a weiner folks. unless its a concourse resto, a washer here or there can only help, no?
That is kinda what I was thinking...A couple of shims, maybe a bend here or there. But I still want that driver side seat bracket
I don't know how washers, or shimming would help. The seat is not centered in the area where the driver or passenger should be centered. The seat on the driver's side for example, is probably 1" to as much as 2" too far to the right. That means when you sit and face the steering wheel, it will feel like it is slightly to your left. If you like to rest your arm on the top of the door when you cruise, the door will feel far away. The only thing I can think to do is drill and brace new holes in the floor to position the seat centered. Just gotta do it right so the seat is mounted safely.
What wages and I are getting at (and we could be wrong having not seen where the seats ride) is to move the seat over the inch or two, drill the new holes, and then hope that the floor hasn't made a huge dip or rise in that inch so there will still be the material at about the same height to bolt down to. If there is a little bit of change in the altitude in that small distance, then shim it. Again, having not seen it, it could make a 2" dip in that 1" move to the left, and totally screw the "shimming" idea up...
71-73 Mustang seat tracks are totally different. The rear of the bracket is angled at almost a 90 degree angle to a level Mav/Comet floor. The floorpan is mostly flat in a Mav/Comet. Either some work would have to be done on Mav/Comet floorpans or to 71-73 Mustang seat tracks to make them work. Or, cut out the Mustang floorpans and install them in a Mav somehow. Seth
My uncle modded the tracks slightly. He said it was very little to make them work. I wasn't there when he did it though. Concerning the floorpans... 71-73 Stang pans are the ones folks seem to be using for our cars. So that might not be a stretch if your car happens to need pans and buckets.
i got pinto seats in mine the holes did not line up they are tilted back but they match my back seat oh and i forgot did not work with cat hump
One thing that has crossed my mind, is what about using bench seat tracks? They will fit the outside we know [by the doors], but I'm not sure about the inside [against the tunnel]. Or a hybrid system, bench seat tracks on the outside, and modify something else to go against the tunnel? Just thinking out loud, exploring some possibilities.....
When I got my Maverick someone had put a stang bucket in there. They butchered the floor and it still didnt sit right! I know its a major PITA but if your putting other seats in a Mav then go ahead and take the time to make a set of freakin brackets. Most of the time when something is real close to fitting but not quite. You spend more time trying to make that work than just building some from scratch. I learned that the hard way!
