Seat Adapters

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Seat Adapters

November 16, 2010, 02:32:16 PM

Does anyone know if seat adapters from a Mustang or earlyer Thunderbird will fit in my 87 Tbird?
I checked out Corbeau`s list of adapters. They have Fox Mustang 79-93, and Tbird 83-86. I have electric seats now, and want to change to manual ones...

Vegar

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Reply #1 – November 16, 2010, 02:50:11 PM

The Tbird bases are different from the Mustangs, as the attachments to the floorpan are different, but the bolt patterns between the seats and the bases is the same. So if seats will fit Mustang bases (79-04), they will fit the Tbird ones.

If you want manual bases for your TBird, you'll need to find stock ones (driver side is the hard one to find), or fab something up using Mustang (or other generic) bases.

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Reply #2 – November 18, 2010, 01:13:37 PM

Thanks for the info Chuck W :)

Corebau have seat adapters to mount their seats in a Mustang (79-93) man. and electric. I have a pair of seats and sliders at home, so im gonna order adapters for the Mustang and see how it goes...

Vegar

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Reply #3 – November 21, 2010, 01:28:00 PM

I have a set of Corbeau seats in my Coupe. The factory tracks were narrower than the new seats. I went to Lowe's and bought two sticks of 1/4" X 1-1/2" aluminum flat bar, (

socket cap screws (allen wrench style) with the same thread as the holes in the bottom of the new seats, and (

bolts with the same thread as the holes the in bottom of the stock seats. Cut the flat bar to fit across the bottom of the new seats (left to right) and marked where to drill the holes to bolt them to the bottom of the new seats with the socket cap screws. I then laid them across the bottom of the old seats and marked where those holes were. I drilled and tapped these holes and bolted up the brackets to the flat bar but not too tight. I then bolted this assembly up to the bottom of the new seat and installed it in the car. Once I had it all squared up I tightened the socket cap screws and then backed them with a nut on the flat bar side like a jam nut. Been in the car since 2003 and never had a problem. I am 6'-1" and right at 190lbs so I would say tailgate tested and tailgate approved. If you want some pics I can take one of the seats out and shot some and post them.

The reason I did it this way was I needed all the head room I could get with these cars being pretty small to begin with and the other benefit was it was way cheaper than what Corbeau wanted for their adapters. Even though these are in my Mustang I would think the same principle could be applied to the Thunderbird seat tracks.

Darren

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Reply #4 – November 23, 2010, 02:00:59 PM

Hi Darren

Thanks for the detailed info, if you could take some good pics and post them i`d be very happy:)
I am the same hight as you, but dont have a problem sitting in my tbird, even with the sunroof.

Vegar

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Reply #5 – November 23, 2010, 02:58:20 PM

It will be this weekend or a bit later. I am already in Oklahoma visiting family for the holiday.

Darren

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Reply #6 – November 24, 2010, 01:52:50 PM

No need to rush, im away at work this week....

Vegar

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Reply #7 – November 29, 2010, 02:56:14 PM

I will be able to pop a seat out this evening and take a couple of pictures of what I did as far as the adapters go.

Darren

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Reply #8 – December 12, 2010, 03:41:03 PM

First, sorry for the long delay in getting these pictures posted. I was in a wedding last weekend (no, not mine) and work has been hectic. Hopefully this will give you an idea of what I was talking about.

Hopefully the wait was worth it:hick:

Darren

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Reply #9 – December 12, 2010, 07:12:40 PM

Hi.

Great pics, thanks for taking the time to do this:)

Vegar

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Reply #10 – December 12, 2010, 09:27:40 PM

Well hopefully it will help you and anyone else with an aftermarket seat install. They have been in there since 2003 and I weigh about 190 so they have stood up very well.

Darren

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Reply #11 – December 12, 2010, 09:40:40 PM

im sure it will be good help, thanks again;)

Vegar