Hey i was thinking could you change the seats in a pinto mabey take out the back seats and put in two driver seats ? or what about changing the front seats with a diffrent car to make them recline has anybody heard of anyone doing this tell me if you think it will work i think it might look pretty cool
lostandfound
LOL, I started a thread 3 down from this one regarding this.
Here's what we determined:
(front seats only)
93-95 Civic seats don't fit.
Escort seats fit
Tbird seats fit
87 Prelude seats fit, but it might be tight.
oh ok i didnt even look thanks
Details from my experience on this: I attempted to install Saturn seats in my 77. The problem I ran into was the Catalytic Converter. Ford put a lump in the floor on the right side so it forced me to raise that seat up, and the drivers side to match. I had both seat mounts fabbed up and the seats in and it looked great, all even and straight, they were even the same height. All was well until I sat in the car. The stock Pinto seats crush down where the Saturn ones don't.
Anyone want the brackets?
Bill
2 Pintos & 2 MII's taught me that ALMOST any seat that will fit between the trans tunnel & rockers can be installed. HOWEVER if you'd like them to be adjustable look for seats with comparable track widths. (Probe seats in a MII aren't adjustable) I currently have Nissan NX2000 seats in my Pinto. I've also had good luck with 1stgen Capri seats in an MII, And mid 80's Toyota Supra seats in a Pinto. If you're willing to drill & reinforce ANY seats are an option. For reinforcements I use 2" square pieces of 3/16" thick steel. I don't weld these in, although they could be. My aim is to have something that won't pull through the floorpan. In a SEVERE accident I may be in trouble, but at those impact levels, the floorpan's likely a goner anyhow.
A little update on my end:
I found some RSX tan leather seats. Good leg, kidney, and shoulder bolsters... 100$ with side airbags. :D
21.5" wide across the lap, but I think they'll fit with a little work. The door closes on these with ~.5" of space. I'm running into a similar problem as I had with the '90s Civic seats, but for the money I saved... I can buy a welder and all my problems will be gone. :D :D
I'm probably going to take the leather off, sell the SABs and use the profit to buy new covers that match my interior... once I figure out what it will be.
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j105/jacobe1/seats1.jpg)
The nice thing about these... is they're out of a coupe, so they move/recline forward so I can access the back seat still.
I put 1992 mustang seats in the front of my 72. I unbolted the mustang track from the seat and bolted the pinto track to it. the one hole lined up and the other end had a blank hole with no thread in the right spot. i just ran a self tapper in and it works perfect. full recline and all
Joe