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Topic: Bucket seats
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 3984
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 07-31-2003 10:48 PM
   
I put a set of buckets from a Gran Torino Sport in yesterday. They have a couple of tears in them,but I wanted to try them anyway. The car just isn't the same.  It seems that you sit lower,and without a console,the interior is HUGE! The seats are almost spaced out like a Hummer. I want them to work, but I may go back to the bench. maybe If I can locate a console from a late 70's T Bird,it would be different.The split bench has a few broken springs it the driver's side,and is the wrong pattern to match the back. I was planning to use it as a couch in the basement.  This is a question I just have to ponder...
I tried seat covers on them,and they just blow. The fit was sloppy,and they slid all over when you got in or out. My upholsterer said he could sew them up,but I would just be chasing something else next year.
Maybe that will be a good winter project,to learn how to recover a seat. [This message has been edited by MLariviere (edited 07-31-2003).]
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Fastymz
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From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 08-01-2003 12:55 AM
Mike I'd stick with the bucket seats.Your car does have a large interior anyways.Do you have a floor shifter now?
I'd like to learn how recover seats too.I helped my father inlaw do his seat on his 55 P/U.It came out great and saved him alot of money.
You could always raise the tracks alittle to get back the seat to sit higher.I'm have been looking a good,but cheap pair of high back buckets for car.
Right now I have black sheeps skin front cover and a black dyied rear seat. ------------------
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BlueMule
Gearhead Posts: 1463
From: Kent Island, MD USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 08-01-2003 07:23 AM
Mike. I know what you mean. My Ranchero has buckets and they don't fill the acreage inside. I can imagine what a the Torino is like. There was an option for our platform and probably the big boy FoMoCos called the 'Flight-Bench' seat. Remember that? It may be too much on the luxury side rather than the sporty side but I think that's the way I'll go to fill the hole. ------------------
-Paul 70 Mach1 351C
79 Ranchero GT
97 Expedition XLT 5.4
00 SVT f150 Lightning 4149 of 4966 Born on: 06/26/2000 'If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes.'
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BlueMule
Gearhead Posts: 1463
From: Kent Island, MD USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 08-01-2003 09:12 AM
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Originally posted by Fastymz:
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You could always raise the tracks alittle to get back the seat to sit higher.
Good idea, Scoop, but extra care must be made that if they are raised, whatever raising is done will hold in the event of an impact. The ya-hoo that I bought the Ranchero from had 2 x 4s bolted to the floor sheetmetal (not even using the original holes) and the tracks were bolted to the 2 x 4s. Needless to say the lumber was removed before night fell on my first day of ownership.
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-Paul
70 Mach1 351C
79 Ranchero GT
97 Expedition XLT 5.4
00 SVT f150 Lightning 4149 of 4966 Born on: 06/26/2000 'If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes.' [This message has been edited by BlueMule (edited 08-01-2003).]
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cobravenom71
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From: Kissimee, Fl USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 08-01-2003 02:52 PM
The console used in the late-seventies T-Birds is in fact the same as the console used in all Torinos from 72 to 76. it was also used in Montegos, 74-79 Cougars,77-79 LTD-II's and maybe even a few Rancheros.------------------
1971 'J' code 429 Mach 1
1976 'Starsky & Hutch' Torino (460)
1973 Grande
1973 Mach
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Fastymz
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From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 08-01-2003 05:07 PM
Paul I'd use either a few plates of flat steel,or boxed steel,no wood at all. Even fender washers would work.But you'd have to use a few of them------------------
SCOOP 2.26 60'S
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 3984
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 08-02-2003 10:50 PM
That's what I did with the bench,raise it 1". I may go junkin' next week,to see what I can find.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43151
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 08-04-2003 06:15 PM
Too bad it didn't work out. ------------------
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MLariviere
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From: Biddeford,Me.USA
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posted 08-04-2003 09:02 PM
I haven't pulled them yet. I'll try to see if I can get them to "wear" in! 
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SteveLaRiviere
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From: Saco, Maine
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posted 08-04-2003 09:26 PM
Maybe I'll get you a booster seat. Christmas is coming... ------------------
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73torinoqcode
Gearhead Posts: 361
From: Buffalo,NY,USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 08-12-2003 12:39 AM
Check out the console I used in my Ranchero. If you like it let me know maybe it would work for you.
http://groups.msn.com/NewYorkTorinoRancheroOwnersClub/billscars.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=60
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 3984
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 08-13-2003 09:08 PM
What did that come from? An Explorer?
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73torinoqcode
Gearhead Posts: 361
From: Buffalo,NY,USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 08-13-2003 11:33 PM
It is out of a 92 Sable very similar to the SHO and may even be the same.
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 3984
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 08-17-2003 10:57 PM
Well,I caved. I put the bench back in. I actually feel it fits the car better. Laugh all you want.  [This message has been edited by MLariviere (edited 08-17-2003).]
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Fastymz
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posted 08-18-2003 02:24 AM
Mike thats cool,at your age you never know when you'll need a nap.  ------------------
SCOOP 2.26 60'S
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Thud
Gearhead Posts: 1258
From: Cumming,Ga.,USofA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-18-2003 08:08 AM
Mike, check here for consoles and other Torino parts. I've bought from them, and they're nice folks.http://members.tripod.com/blueoval6079/id20.htm ------------------
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MLariviere
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From: Biddeford,Me.USA
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posted 08-18-2003 09:32 PM
Thanks,Dwayne! I'll check it out.
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Dubz
Gearhead Posts: 1718
From: Manitoba Canada
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 09-26-2003 06:58 PM
i bought some corbeau forza II's for my Gran Torino and with them in a room they look massive, in the car they look dinkyalot of space in these cars ------------------
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 3984
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 09-27-2003 08:43 PM
Yeah,even the stock buckets look big out of the car. Right now they are perched on my snowplow in the garage. 
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