Bench seat 4 speed '73 Roadrunner?

[71newport]

Below is a link to a set of vintage slides for sale on Ebay (I'm not the seller). They show a beautiful and nearly new '73 Roadrunner 400 with a bench seat 4spd. I've seen tons of 4spd 73 and 74 Roadrunners, but always with buckets. Anyone ever have or seen one with a bench seat? Must be pretty rare. Frankly, I think this car is super cool. Hope it survived.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184808508979

 

[Roger63]

I have a buddy out in Vegas that has a 73 with a bench seat 4 speed RR. He inherited it from his uncle who was the original owner.

 

[69Coronetrt]

The B2 bench seat was standard with an optional C2 bench seat with Decor group. Buckets were optional. So one should expect to find cars with bench seat.

 

[moparmarks]

Not rare at all. I've owned a few bench 4-spd RR's and even a 71 GTX 4-spd that was optioned with a bench seat. I've seen a lot of bench seat cars that were changed to buckets but was left with the bench shifter setup which is different than the bucket shifter.

 

[Builderguy]

Yup yup, I have a 4 speed 340 73 RR with a bench. I got it from the original purchaser who ordered that way just for street racing. He told me he had did that because the bench seat was lighter than the buckets. I have not seen the car in 2 years or so but I think it was manual steer, and no AC for the same reason.

 

[QuickBpBp]

I have a 73 340 4 speed RR Bench seat...

 

[70chall440]

I assume the bench seat cars used the mid length pistol grip?

 

[moparmarks]

Yep.

 

[EccentricMagpies]

Agreed. the bench had the mount further up on the trans from what I recall. Along with the hole

was told if I put a bench shifter in my car I’d be shifting from the backseat. not at all.