what seats fit?

[DrSmith]

I was driving a cobra r the other day, (talk about unreal, it makes my 06 look like a station wagon) and it had these great seats. Has anyone put other seats in their cars? My poor king cobra....I"m not sure if I am going to try and fix it stock, but possibly go with a resto-mod type thing. I won't hack it up, so it can always be put back to stock, but man, resto-mod would make it quite easy.
There was a nice II at the mustang show in sturbridge MA, two actually.
Thanks for the input,
Doc

 

[74ProII]

What's wrong with stationweagons? That hurts....

 

[joeythesaint]

Seats and a roll bar are in the next phase of my II's evolution, as well. I'm currently building a monster '88 5.0 H.O., but this time, I'll be notching out the tranny tunnel before I put it in -- that would be a good time to do the seats, since they're going to have to come out, anyway. And as long as I'm doing seats, I oughta do the bar, too. . . . and I figure I might as well go whole-hog and put in 4-point belts just for the Holy $#!+ Factor.

I am told that Escort seats fit, and my understanding is that Fox body seats should also bolt up.

If I want to do anything other than seats that bolt right up to the rails, I'll have to drill my rails out completely; I don't know how long my T-top shell was in the rain before I bought it but the bolts holding the seat rails down are completely rusted. There aren't even any discernible edges to the nuts.

I'm thinking about something like these ricing -- er, racing -- seats:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-X-...tegoryZ33701QQihZ020QQitemZ300010757102QQrdZ1

A nice pair of seats from a wrecking yard in these parts runs $250-300, BTW. Emphasis on "nice."

I'm also watching craigslist for a set of Escort or Fox-body seats, though I really like the idea of carbon-fiber racing seats with my black interior.

Anybody done a seat swap?

 

[mike78]

I installed escort seats in my first II, after the 351w and my right foot broke the first set : )
I had to re mount the seat rails from my II to the escort seat, however, it was nice to be able to choose the angle of the seat. mike78.

 

[78CobraII]

I was driving a cobra r the other day, (talk about unreal, it makes my 06 look like a station wagon) and it had these great seats. Has anyone put other seats in their cars? My poor king cobra....I"m not sure if I am going to try and fix it stock, but possibly go with a resto-mod type thing. I won't hack it up, so it can always be put back to stock, but man, resto-mod would make it quite easy.
There was a nice II at the mustang show in sturbridge MA, two actually.
Thanks for the input,
Doc

The Cobra R seats were actually made by Recarro. Mustangs Unlimited sells them for about $2400 for a pair. I know that sounds like a lot, but its pretty much the going rate for a good racing seat...Sparco prices are similar.

Corbeau makes some pretty good seats for less, but still pretty pricey for me. I don't see how the sport seats that you see for $150 each can be very well made...

I've always wondered if the Escort GT seats were a little narrower than the Fox Mustang GT seats. If they are, then they might be worth chasing down a set.