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Originally Posted by Jokers69
my interior options are even stranger, I have factory buckets without a console, my shifter is on the steering column. The old days, when ordering a car was like a chinese menu, one from column a, one from column b.... nowadays everything is packaged in trim packs...
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Actually, in 69 the base configuration for the Cutlass was a bench seat and 3 speed manual trans on the column (when was the last time you saw one of those?). If you ordered an automatic, the shifter was on the column. If you ordered bucket seats, you did not get a console. The console and floor shifter was an extra cost option above these options.
Even weirder was the 442. In 68-69, the base 442 model came with bucket seats and a 3 speed Dearborn (as in Ford toploader) manual trans with Hurst floor shifter. The console was extra. You could also order a bench seat as a credit option (yes, the price went down if you picked this option).
I remember seeing a 68 442 Sport Coupe (post car) with a bench seat and manual 3 spd trans - and absolutely no other options. This had to have been the least expensive 442 you could order in 1968.