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Challenger Bench Seat

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Me Chally came with buckets but I wanna bench seat ;)

Apparently they were standard but everyone went for the buckets so they seem to be extremely rare. As far as I know tho 71-on Chargers, coronets Roadrunners and Belvederes used same style buckets & consoles as E-bodies so would a bench seat from one of those be the same as on E-body ? I'm starting on the interior after Chrismas so any help would be appreciated as I'm not a great fan of the 'tombstone' seats :roll:
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My Duster has a bench seat from a 73 Barracuda i think? my Roadrunner should also have a bench seat instead of its lovely buckets.
And would you belive my Duster feels better with bench seats! i prefer them to buckets and its better for romantic drives as well ;)
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Mad Mas wrote:Apparently they were standard
Nope. You want to try reading my Challenger web pages mate.

Buckets were standard. You had to pay EXTRA for the bench seat. It was something some single males prefered..... ;)
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Presumably you have a column shift, right?
(if not - I think you'll need one)
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Dave wrote:Buckets were standard. You had to pay EXTRA for the bench seat. It was something some single males prefered..... ;)
I'm in no position to argue Dave, and incidentally I am single... Ahem, as for the gearshifter I am going to do a combo-autoshifter/long pistolgrip (B-bod) and have it on the floor not column. Idea is that it will appear a bit like manual floorshift on benchseat equipped B-body/ Charger. Some may scoff but It's my car and I will ave it how I like it :)
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As you can see from these scans the bench seat was optional and on the non-R/T only.

Can't find my price list at the moment.
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Fair dos, thats a first ever pic of a challenger bench seat I had seen :shock:

I have to admit tho I much prefer the bench style of sixties mopars as these E-bod ones still have the "tombstone" style backs that I'm not keen on. I wonder if it would take a lot of fettling to get a conventional late 60-s B-bod or charger split-bench into an E-body. Any ideas ? It would be great if someone could provide me with a pic or two of a typical mopar bench seat from underneath.

Bottom line is that I like interiors from 60's Mopars, but from outside I prefer the groovy coke-bottled E-bodies 8-) ...rather inconvenient
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Post by Dave-R »

Found the price list. The bench was not available on the Convertible or Coupe (what was last years Deputy) either. The cost was $16 extra.
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Wouldn't mind parting $16 dollars for one now :?
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