Mystery Bucket Seats

rhoffa

rhoffa

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Can anyone identify what vehicle bucket seats came out of originally? I'd like to locate some for my 1939 pickup.
 
rhoffa said:
Can anyone identify what vehicle bucket seats came out of originally? I'd like to locate some for my 1939 pickup.
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New fangeled foreign job is my guess. Look at the top of the seat back, I'll bet there are holes for a head rest, indicating post 1968
 
Guys, thanks for the replies so far, but keep 'em coming. I know it's a long shot to try to identify these.
 
If you have a Pick-N-Pull near you take your photos and roam the yard. You can also use the 3rd seat from a smaller SUV.
 
Headrests became federally mandatory in new cars sold in the U.S. on January 1, 1969, as part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 202 to reduce neck injuries from whiplash. This rule required all passenger cars manufactured after that date to include head restraints in their front outboard seating positions.


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I went through a similar exercise, a few years ago, with my 65 Ranchero. Trying to ID seats by the stitch pattern is extremely difficult. Especially since it could have been redone with a custom stitch. To me, they look like pickup seats. Get as close as you can to that seat back mechanism and focus on trying to find another of those. Along with the overall shape, it is the one thing that will remain constant.
 
Some time ago when I was trying to ID a seat I pulled off the plastic cover on the side over the side hinge area and found a part number on the inside of the cover. From there thanks to Mr. Google I was able to get an ID on the seat. Just a thought but it only will help if you actually have the seat.
 
I remember my Pop going to a salvage yard and purchasing some bucket seats out of an old Corvair so he could get a modified shifter to fit in his uncles old 1940 Chevy COE truck. Those were the days. That old truck was fun to drive. Sorry not a Ford but farmers used whatever was cheap back in the day and we still had a lot of Fords as well.
 
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