Slick 60's

whats needed to install 66 mustang buckets in my 66-f100, someone
here makes adaptors?

thanks in advance..chris

Chris,

I think that the Ranger had Bucket Seat that were close to the same as the mustang buckets.

I sure one of us can get the details.

Jim Oberg
(785) 542-2500 may have some seat brackets for sale. As for the actual seats there just mustang bucket seats. Mine are from a 65 mustang.

Haus wrote:Jim Oberg
(785) 542-2500 may have some seat brackets for sale. As for the actual seats there just mustang bucket seats. Mine are from a 65 mustang.

I contacted Jim recently and he said he didn't have any. He was going to have to find a new source to make them. Said it would probably be a few months before he got that accomplished.
I know that doesn't help much if you're in a hurry.....

i've got the sitting on 4x4 piece's of wood right now and seems about
the right height, thought about using the stock mustang tracts and
using square tubing to bolt the to the floor....or am i way off

thanks chris

p.s check out my before and after in my gallery and let me know what
you guys think, it's not done but looking better

wow, really glad I got a set from him earlier this year then. I don't think it would be that big of a deal to fab up some square tubing as you stated. Since the side will be very visible I would go ahead and cut a piece of flat steel to size and cover up the sides. Just some trial and error and you will have it done.

That would truly be a great find Michelle. Ford did some wild and crazy things and many of us dream of side oiler powered slicks. I guess it will always remain a bit of a unicorn round here. There are some that will call it blasphemy, but I believe

the brackets for the ranger/ mustang seats in 65/66 2wd slicks can also be found in 67-72 trucks with the bucket seats, i found a set in one that had a camper on the back and no back wall on the cab. i know those camper trucks are rare and few and far between have to hunt the salvage yards.

Michelle wrote:I have the Falcon console in blue. I am saving it for when I get a small Slick, I love the Mustang buckets in them. In the mid 60's my dad worked for a Ford truck dealer in Austin Texas. There was a 66 Ranger that I use to see in the shop from time to time that had a factory 427 in it. That was one fine slick. I checked my books and did not see an engine code for the 427 listed. I knew the sales manager personally as he was a good friend of my dad in fact I ordered a couple of trucks from him. A 69 Ranger and a 72 Ranger XLT. I had ask him personally if the truck was factory or if the engine was installed at the dealer and he assured me that he did indeed order it just the way it sat. Wouldn't that be a great find today?

I have at least one 1960's magazine that talks about factory built Ford trucks with a 427. If I ever find that article again I will have to post it up.

I am running a set of '64 T-Bird seats in my '62, I am still finalizing the brackets, but I found that a piece of 1 5/8" Uni-Strut used on the outer side is the right height to level the seat. I bolted it to the stock holes and then attached the seat to the unistrut nuts using Grade 8 hardware.., the inner seat bolts go through the floor with heavy seatbelt washers under them. (I still need to fab a small block for the front mount on the inner side. (the floor slopes down just before the bolt.)

Not too sure how different the Mustang seats are, but a little creativity and over engineering for safety can make it work.

when i bought this truck, someone had installed and gm power split
60/40 seat in it and made some nice bracket's to mount it on the floor
and maybe thats why the mustang seat on the 4x4 wood fit's fairly well
it sits right on these brackets someone installed

JFCDeuce wrote:...found that a piece of 1 5/8" Uni-Strut used on the outer side is the right height to level the seat. I bolted it to the stock holes and then attached the seat to the unistrut nuts using Grade 8 hardware.

Do you have a picture? I'm not familiar with the term "UnStrut". What is it?

unistrut
http://www.unistrut.com/Browse/cat_pg.php?P=S00_Channel

OK, thanks Kenny. How was the trip back home?

National Parts Depot has tracks for buckets seats in there catalog. But I agree on just finding a used set of Mustang tracks to save money.

I have the mustang brackets (which are pretty much straight), but I'm thinking that Jim Olbergs brackets (which I assume go between the mustang brackets and the floor) are angled from front to back. Anyone have a photo?

link to some good pics from fordi (about halfway down the page):

http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... s&start=15

Gritsngumbo wrote:I have the mustang brackets (which are pretty much straight), but I'm thinking that Jim Olbergs brackets (which I assume go between the mustang brackets and the floor) are angled from front to back. Anyone have a photo?

grits, remember the 65 and newer brackets will be different then your trucks.. did you get the buckets from craigslist????

Thanks Chris. That's what I needed to see.

Also, thanks Jason. Sent you a PM