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Old July 18th, 2018, 01:42 PM
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modern bucket seat swap

hi, we have a 72 cutlass s with bench seat

we want to put in modern but soft cloth bucket seats

soft like 05,06,07 grand caravans

any suggestions or experience anyone can share?

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Old July 18th, 2018, 04:34 PM
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Bud, with enough ingenuity any seats can be made to fit. The problem you might run into is that seats from a truck or minivan may sit too tall (not the headrest part but the seat part).

My father; Oldsguy, and I put bucket seats in his 69 Delta 88 years ago out of a mid 80s GM coupe. They fit pretty well.

Since the geometry of the bracket below the seat won't fit you will have to do some modification. Good luck.
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Old July 18th, 2018, 04:55 PM
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olds64,

thank you for your response

we are handy and creative

before we go the entire route including upholstery to match interior
we would like to find a seat that is initially comfortable and drive it for a month or two to be confident it is what we want

the reference to the caravan seats was only to illustrate the softness we are after

thank you again

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