Bucket Seat Tracks

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  1. 7D2 Grabber

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    I'm in the process of getting some bucket seats but they don't have the seat tracks. The seats are from a 71 mustang, what tracks are interchangable for these seats and our cars
     
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    My car looks to be an original bench seat car
     
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    i dont think any are interchangeable, but most seats can be adapted, all you have to do is level the seat with spacers and drill 4 new holes per seat.
     
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    You have a few issues. First is you need original seat tracks for a maverick or comet. Also they have lifter brackets for the inside courners. So you need the tracks with the brackets. Other than this, one thing many people forget to mention is that bucket seat cars have special floor pan supports on both sides to reinforce the bucket seats for the inside tracks. A side from the tracks If you want to keep things somewhat original looking you will need to drill out the spot welds from a bucket seat car and put these supports in your car. If your not worried about the original look, make sure you at least weld in some 14 gauge metal in the floors so they dont rip through the right half of the floor over time.

    I like to use this as a clue to telling if a comet GT is a real GT or not because all GT's have these.

    I do have an extra set of tracks and brackets. But I paid too much for them on ebay, but they are for sale.
     
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    How much do you want for the tracks and brackets? PM if you don't want to share that info
     
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    I dont mind sharing but as mentioned I bought them off e-bay and ended up spending right around 205-210 for them because its a part thats hard to find and isnt made after market. I was asking more but I would like to just get back close to what I have in them so Im asking 200$ for the set.

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    I'll pass, thanks anyway
     
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    They may not sell now, but hold on to them a couple years and I bet you can get more than that for them.

    I see threads pop up weekly asking for them...so the demand is there.
     

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