I think I know the answer to this already, but does anyone know for sure if '69-'70 Mustang bucket seats will fit a '73 Maverick? If not "bolt-ins", has anyone had any experience with adapting them to fit the same car? Thanks. John B.
The Mustang tracks don't work and Mav tracks don't bolt directly to the Mustang seats. You have to modify the seat to fit the Mav bucket seat tracks. I ended up selling my Mustang seats.
Anything will fit if you have a saw, a big hammer, and a welder. If your floor needs work also, consider using mustang pans and seat risers to bolt the mustang seats to.
honestly to get ant seat to fit is easy..all i did was get a set of universal seat tracks and bring out the welder..might need to make a spacer or two and maybe extend the bracket to line holes up. or even drill new ones closer towards the middle. but all in all it's like an hour and a half and you have yourself a beautiful set of custom seat tracks that are brand new. starting with universal tracks for like 30 bucks new is a way better option then hacking up the wierd mav ones; then you can sell your mav tracks and all the sudden you paid for your new tracks + time to do it.
I have '70 Cougar(same as Mustang), in my '72 Comet GT. Look great and more comfortable than the '71-'73 ones I put in my '72 Sprint Maverick. I am not sure whether I did any modifying or not or whether I used Mav/Comet seat tracks or Mustang ones. Bottom line, they fit and look good. No big effort as I recall. I plan on buying white '69 Mach 1 seat covers and have the back seat made to match using the inserts from the Mach 1 back seat. Same pattern as a GT and the front seat will not need to be altered. Go for it!! Jim
A lot of Ford seat used the same seat-to-track bolt pattern over the decades. The common pattern is that the bolt holes should be 13 inches front-to-back and the width should be 14 inches between holes. If this is the pattern on your seat frame, Mav seat tracks should bolt up with no problem. If using highback seat tracks, they should drop right in to the existing bench seat holes. If using LDO seat tracks and highback buckets, there is a minor issue that we still haven't totally been able to science out (if someone has loose LDO seats with tracks on them that can be measured, contact me). Basically, if you redrill or elongate the bench seat holes outboard, it will place the seat in a position where it is centered on the steering wheel. Or you can put up with the seat being about an inch inboard.
