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Windstar seats***photos added
Finally got around to fabbing in a driver's seat from a 1999 Windstar van, from a pair that I picked up in the boneyard recently. I had Mustang GT buckets, but the driver's was kinda beat down and sat really low for me...also lacked lumbar support or an arm rest After running the passenger's GT seat on the driver's track with no passenger seat for awhile (the lab loved this arrangement), I put the passenger seat back on it's side of the cab and bolted the Windstar driver's bucket down...eventually.
I had to strip all the brackets off the Windstar seat. Then I used a 1.5 X 1.5 wooden riser made from porch/deck bannister stock and bolted the seat to this...riser running left to right across the seat bottom, in the front and rear. Then I bolted the Mustang GT driver's bracket/tracks to the risers. Installed it and really like how it sits...puts me up a little, has lumbar support, head rest, and arm rest. Drives and rides nice, too. Just the trick for us BOB's (big ol boys)...with enough head room and leg room.
Tomorrow I'll snap and post some pix when I clean the cab carpet and both driver's and passenger seat. It's a mixed pair...brown passenger Mustang GT bucket seat and blue driver's Windstar bucket, but then looks aren't everything. I think I'll keep the Mustang passenger bucket, since it rolls way forward and the back folds down to the seat...makes access easier to the space behind the seats.
Finally got around to fabbing in a driver's seat from a 1999 Windstar van, from a pair that I picked up in the boneyard recently. I had Mustang GT buckets, but the driver's was kinda beat down and sat really low for me...also lacked lumbar support or an arm rest After running the passenger's GT seat on the driver's track with no passenger seat for awhile (the lab loved this arrangement), I put the passenger seat back on it's side of the cab and bolted the Windstar driver's bucket down...eventually.
I had to strip all the brackets off the Windstar seat. Then I used a 1.5 X 1.5 wooden riser made from porch/deck bannister stock and bolted the seat to this...riser running left to right across the seat bottom, in the front and rear. Then I bolted the Mustang GT driver's bracket/tracks to the risers. Installed it and really like how it sits...puts me up a little, has lumbar support, head rest, and arm rest. Drives and rides nice, too. Just the trick for us BOB's (big ol boys)...with enough head room and leg room.
Tomorrow I'll snap and post some pix when I clean the cab carpet and both driver's and passenger seat. It's a mixed pair...brown passenger Mustang GT bucket seat and blue driver's Windstar bucket, but then looks aren't everything. I think I'll keep the Mustang passenger bucket, since it rolls way forward and the back folds down to the seat...makes access easier to the space behind the seats.
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