1971 Bucket Seat Mounting

[VAD Gold Rush]

Hey all, I've got a 1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring which I swapped over to bucket seats some years back. I've always known that they weren't mounted in the correct location, but never had a big problem out of it.

Fast forward to today, there's an accessory sticking out of the floor now that interferes with the ability to move the seat forward enough for my short legs to reach the magical third pedal.

Could someone send me some pictures of how the factory bucket seats were mounted in these cars?

 

[gdrill]

Got the seat plates and console mounts in. Measure 37 times. Tack. Test fit. Cut off once. Measure again. Tack again. Test fit again. Weld.

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This is from my build. There are dimples in the floor to guide you.

 

[gdrill]

This was a bench seat car as well. You can see the holes from the bench. The dimples are beside them.

 

[VAD Gold Rush]

This was a bench seat car as well. You can see the holes from the bench. The dimples are beside them.


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What year is that car? The floor on mine looks different. The mounts for the seat don't have that large of a pad on them, and they're quite a bit taller than the floor beside it.

 

[gdrill]

It is a 71 Satellite Sebring.

 

[VAD Gold Rush]

I retract my prior statement. I should have looked at the car first.

I'll pull my seats back out and see it I can't get something figured out like how you have it. Are you using stock style seats or aftermarket?

It is a 71 Satellite Sebring.

 

[gdrill]

I retract my prior statement. I should have looked at the car first.

I'll pull my seats back out and see it I can't get something figured out like how you have it. Are you using stock style seats or aftermarket?

Stock seats, they are from a 74, but the tracks are the same.

 

[Bird 426]

Needs the reinforcement plates and biscuits?

 

[gdrill]

Passenger outside rail.

 

[71Beeper]

Here are pics of the seat tracks and biscuits used on the 1971's.

Here's how the seats look in the car.

 

[VAD Gold Rush]

Here are pics of the seat tracks and biscuits used on the 1971's.
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Here's how the seats look in the car.
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Thanks a lot! I'll see what I can't do with this information.

 

[VAD Gold Rush]

Needs the reinforcement plates and biscuits?

I needed the reinforcement plates for sure. I made some home made plates yesterday to mount the driver seat. I'll do the same today for the passenger side.