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I know this question has been covered before but I can't find it. I want to get rid of the ugly bucket seats(orange 70's style) that someone put in my 58 Apache and replace them with a bench seat. I know I will have to go to a wrecking yard to find one that will fit so what should I look for?
Second question. Why are original bench seats so hard to find? I would love to put an original bench seat in but I can't find anything out in Internet land.

I used some 98ish Ford seats - they're 58" wide and fit pretty well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/Avette4me/My%2058/seat%20project/firstpic.jpg

I did some modifications, ie removed the head rests and recovered them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/Avette4me/My%2058/seat%20project/5-finalskinning.jpg

I wrote up a page on it, but it's been hacked to shet, so it's really no good anymore.

I read somewhere:
"They were hunted down to extinction and replaced with bucket seats in the 70's and 80's... the last specimans are actually now found as recycled metal in electronic equipment commonly associated with computers"
I lost that source though... maybe google will have it
The first answer is in the threads here ... something about 78 if I recall.

late 80's GM truck 40/60 splits fit well in the TF series .... originals are hard to find because there was one per truck, and most of the trucks are long gone .... and you can't have mine

Bill

Use a bench from an 88-98 fullsize half-ton. They fit great and you can usually find one in a colour you want.