FJ40 Rear Bench Seat (1 Viewer)

[youngmanchego]

Would search the section for pictures of a 60 of the 40/60 used facing forward in the back. That was a seating option in the FJ25. Believe Toyota's museum in California and the Miller museum in Utah but have an FJ25 with that style. Thirty years ago I bought a 71 FJ40 that had the 60% seat from an FJ25 in the back. I know it was from the front of a FJ25 because the front legs were even.

Over forty years ago I had an early Bronco seat bolted in the back of my of my 68. I used a piece of angle iron bolted to side frame rail to anchor seat belts for the kids car seats.


Believe 2003 three was the first year the anchor for the Latch system for car seats was required. I had small grandkids at time. Our 04 4Runner had the anchor point but our 2000 100 series didn't. In the mid 1990s bought the front seats out of a 1988 Mitsubishi Montero. Driver's is a suspension seat. I went back and picked up the fold and tumble rear seat. Back seat fit between the wheel wells like a glove.View attachment 3740257View attachment 3740258View attachment 3740259View attachment 3740260View attachment 3740261
Project never go around to. If I do get around to it I would do some checking as far as raising the seat for more drop but the legs and still maintaining headroom. What I didn't like about the Bronco seat which is the same as the Toyota front seat would have is it fixed and doesn't allow room for storage in the back. Few years after putting the Bronco seat in I removed it. Used the 40 for hunting and needed space for camping gear. In the summer time we had a Ford club wagon van with a 460.V8 and just towed the 40 or a smaller trailer when taking the kids camping.

Great info- thank you!

 

[bikersmurf]

Would search the section for pictures of a 60 of the 40/60 used facing forward in the back. That was a seating option in the FJ25. Believe Toyota's museum in California and the Miller museum in Utah but have an FJ25 with that style. Thirty years ago I bought a 71 FJ40 that had the 60% seat from an FJ25 in the back. I know it was from the front of a FJ25 because the front legs were even.

Over forty years ago I had an early Bronco seat bolted in the back of my of my 68. I used a piece of angle iron bolted to side frame rail to anchor seat belts for the kids car seats.


Believe 2003 three was the first year the anchor for the Latch system for car seats was required. I had small grandkids at time. Our 04 4Runner had the anchor point but our 2000 100 series didn't. In the mid 1990s bought the front seats out of a 1988 Mitsubishi Montero. Driver's is a suspension seat. I went back and picked up the fold and tumble rear seat. Back seat fit between the wheel wells like a glove.View attachment 3740257View attachment 3740258View attachment 3740259View attachment 3740260View attachment 3740261
Project never go around to. If I do get around to it I would do some checking as far as raising the seat for more drop but the legs and still maintaining headroom. What I didn't like about the Bronco seat which is the same as the Toyota front seat would have is it fixed and doesn't allow room for storage in the back. Few years after putting the Bronco seat in I removed it. Used the 40 for hunting and needed space for camping gear. In the summer time we had a Ford club wagon van with a 460.V8 and just towed the 40 or a smaller trailer when taking the kids camping.

The 2003 rear bench I’ve installed does have the hardware for a child car seat. Thus supporting being required in 2003.

What I really like about the 2003-2006 seat is that all you have to do is squeeze a lever and it lifts out. Once out, there are no rear seats and the space is wide open. There’s some storage behind is, and a decent amount with it folded forward too.

 

[igotta40]

All good! If you wanted/were able to take them that’d be swell

The seat is gone. I sold it to a mud member on Long Island last spring.

 

[Living in the Past]

The 2003 rear bench I’ve installed does have the hardware for a child car seat. Thus supporting being required in 2003.

What I really like about the 2003-2006 seat is that all you have to do is squeeze a lever and it lifts out. Once out, there are no rear seats and the space is wide open. There’s some storage behind is, and a decent amount with it folded forward too.

The quick release for easy removal is definitely an advantage. If they had built in three point seat belts and headrests would probably search one out.

Believe someone installed 80 series style jump seats that fold up to the side in a FJ40. May even be in this thread. The late model LX 40 series had a 40/60 setup that worked that way. Not that Toyota would have brought any into the US the LX back seats would not work with a roll bar. Toyota actually had that style seat back to the early 1960s. A RHD FJ43 from the JDM was for sale in Canada years ago. It is a hard top in the front and soft top on the back That cruiser in now in the Heritage museum in Utah.

 

[bikersmurf]

The quick release for easy removal is definitely an advantage. If they had built in three point seat belts and headrests would probably search one out.

Believe someone installed 80 series style jump seats that fold up to the side in a FJ40. May even be in this thread. The late model LX 40 series had a 40/60 setup that worked that way. Not that Toyota would have brought any into the US the LX back seats would not work with a roll bar. Toyota actually had that style seat back to the early 1960s. A RHD FJ43 from the JDM was for sale in Canada years ago. It is a hard top in the front and soft top on the back That cruiser in now in the Heritage museum in Utah.

My 3 point belts for the back seat are mounted to the cage… which is close. The seat doesn’t have headrests and the back is too low to be able to just add them