Seat reference
December 21st, 2009, 06:22 PM
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Yes, the GM A-body seats are the same seats with different stitching patterns. I believe this is true from 1964 to 72 and I know the swivel buckets from 1973-76 are like that too. It could be true for many more years, those are just the ones I've had some experience with. In addition, some full sized cars used the same bucket seats as A-bodies but with different adjustment rails to attach the seat to the floorboard. John
December 22nd, 2009, 06:05 AM
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Yes, the GM A-body seats are the same seats with different stitching patterns. I believe this is true from 1964 to 72 and I know the swivel buckets from 1973-76 are like that too. It could be true for many more years, those are just the ones I've had some experience with. In addition, some full sized cars used the same bucket seats as A-bodies but with different adjustment rails to attach the seat to the floorboard. John
December 22nd, 2009, 06:29 AM
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Yes your right Kurt that between the different years there are differences. I've not compared the 1964 and 65 closely to see how well they match. At first glance the 1966-68 look similar but the 1966 does not have the seat back lock. The 1967 has the same seat back lock/release as the 1968 but 67 used metal seat back and lower sides, 68 were plastic. Then 1969-72 are almost identical. I have seen a difference in the headrest release switches but don't know exactly which years used which style. But between the GM lines for a specific year I believe the only difference is stitching. I've pulled seats from a 1969 LeMans, 1972 Grand Prix and 1970 Chevelle to use in the Cutlass/442. John
December 22nd, 2009, 08:58 AM
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Yes your right Kurt that between the different years there are differences. I've not compared the 1964 and 65 closely to see how well they match. At first glance the 1966-68 look similar but the 1966 does not have the seat back lock. The 1967 has the same seat back lock/release as the 1968 but 67 used metal seat back and lower sides, 68 were plastic. Then 1969-72 are almost identical. I have seen a difference in the headrest release switches but don't know exactly which years used which style. But between the GM lines for a specific year I believe the only difference is stitching. I've pulled seats from a 1969 LeMans, 1972 Grand Prix and 1970 Chevelle to use in the Cutlass/442. John
December 22nd, 2009, 09:03 AM
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Yes your right Kurt that between the different years there are differences. I've not compared the 1964 and 65 closely to see how well they match. At first glance the 1966-68 look similar but the 1966 does not have the seat back lock. The 1967 has the same seat back lock/release as the 1968 but 67 used metal seat back and lower sides, 68 were plastic. Then 1969-72 are almost identical. I have seen a difference in the headrest release switches but don't know exactly which years used which style. But between the GM lines for a specific year I believe the only difference is stitching. I've pulled seats from a 1969 LeMans, 1972 Grand Prix and 1970 Chevelle to use in the Cutlass/442. John
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