Bench seat to buckets and console.

[chrger1967]

I found a parts car that has a full interior in the same color as my 67 Charger. I know I will have to make a hole in the floorboard and was wondering what else I would need to do. Can I drill out spot welds for the console mounts or just cut them out? Also, for the bucket seats, are the holes in the floor already there or would I have to drill new ones? I plan on taking the steering column, console, any harness's(I can new ones cheap) I can get at, the linkage and the shifter arm. For me the cost and the work should be well worth it, lets face it, buckets and a console are much cooler than a bench seat. Let me know what you guys think.

 

[Don Frelier]

I found a parts car that has a full interior in the same color as my 67 Charger. I know I will have to make a hole in the floorboard and was wondering what else I would need to do. Can I drill out spot welds for the console mounts or just cut them out? Also, for the bucket seats, are the holes in the floor already there or would I have to drill new ones? I plan on taking the steering column, console, any harness's(I can new ones cheap) I can get at, the linkage and the shifter arm. For me the cost and the work should be well worth it, lets face it, buckets and a console are much cooler than a bench seat. Let me know what you guys think.

I've never heard of a bench seat 67 Charger?
Can you show pictures of the existing arrangement?

I do agree a bench seat would be awful in a Charger.

 

[Sam69sat]

You can drill out spot welds and cut the welds on the edge of the console mounts carefully with an angle grinder and leave the tunnel mostly undamaged. There should be a couple brackets on the floor the bucket seats bolt into. You can cut them off just like the console mounts. I'm pretty sure you'll have to end up drilling holes but shouldn't be a big deal. Take some measurements of the holes on the bucket seat car. Make sure you get the lower linkage that connects the console all the way to the transmission. Might have to crawl under the car to get that part.

 

[Don Frelier]

You can drill out spot welds and cut the welds on the edge of the console mounts carefully with an angle grinder and leave the tunnel mostly undamaged. There should be a couple brackets on the floor the bucket seats bolt into. You can cut them off just like the console mounts. I'm pretty sure you'll have to end up drilling holes but shouldn't be a big deal. Take some measurements of the holes on the bucket seat car. Make sure you get the lower linkage that connects the console all the way to the transmission. Might have to crawl under the car to get that part.

He's likely not too worried about damaging the parts car during the removal.

The seat brackets are below the floor.
My guess is there is no difference between a bench seat floor and a bucket seat floor as I recall having extra holes in mine.

I agree get all the linkage possible and wiring for the console back as far as you can.
*Note: the reverse light switch is inside the console.

 

[RemCharger]

If it truly has a bench seat, someone put it there.

 

[Don Frelier]

If it truly has a bench seat, someone put it there.

Probably @Richard Cranium (he buys alot of milk I think)

 

[R/T Boy 67]

Bucket seats with a buddy seat, and column shift, I suspect.

 

[RemCharger]

Bucket seats with a buddy seat, and column shift, I suspect.

Agreed, also possible it had nothing in the middle. At least I've seen a 4 speed like that

 

[Bird 426]

Newer car floors, when changing to buckets require reinforcement doublers on the holes closest to the tunnel, 4 places.

 

[Sam69sat]

He's likely not too worried about damaging the parts car during the removal.

The seat brackets are below the floor.
My guess is there is no difference between a bench seat floor and a bucket seat floor as I recall having extra holes in mine.

I agree get all the linkage possible and wiring for the console back as far as you can.
*Note: the reverse light switch is inside the console.

These are the brackets i was mentioning.

 

[Don Frelier]

Neither of my 66s have those

 

[Sam69sat]

Neither of my 66s have those

Interesting. My 66 Coronet has them so i just assumed Chargers would too.

 

[Dave6T4]

Yeah, I have never seen a bench seat in a '67 Charger. We need pictures to see what is going on. If your car has reinforcement plates welded to the front floor, near the transmission tunnel, your car originally had bucket seats. The console became an option in 1967, so many of these Chargers were built with a "Buddy" seat between the buckets, or nothing at all. In either case, an automatic car would have column shift.

 

[chrger1967]

I've never heard of a bench seat 67 Charger?
Can you show pictures of the existing arrangement?

I do agree a bench seat would be awful in a Charger.

I'm picking the car up on Thursday. I will take some pictures and post them.

 

[Sam69sat]

Just a heads up because you didn't say if the parts car was 66 or 67. Steering column and dash are different between 66/67. 67 column is wider where it goes through the dash and therefore the opening on the bottom of the dash for the column is also wider.

 

[Don Frelier]

I'm picking the car up on Thursday. I will take some pictures and post them.

My Plymouth came from Keansburg not far from the beach

 

[chrger1967]

Bucket seats with a buddy seat, and column shift, I suspect.

It could very well be, but too me, those aren't bucket seats.

 

[chrger1967]

My Plymouth came from Keansburg not far from the beach

My Charger was in Wall N.J

 

[chrger1967]

Yeah, I have never seen a bench seat in a '67 Charger. We need pictures to see what is going on. If your car has reinforcement plates welded to the front floor, near the transmission tunnel, your car originally had bucket seats. The console became an option in 1967, so many of these Chargers were built with a "Buddy" seat between the buckets, or nothing at all. In either case, an automatic car would have column shift.

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Just a heads up because you didn't say if the parts car was 66 or 67. Steering column and dash are different between 66/67. 67 column is wider where it goes through the dash and therefore the opening on the bottom of the dash for the column is also wider.

It was listed as a 67, and he is a car guy, so hopefully he knows what it is. The car is in VA. He's giving me everything I need for $1250. Seats, console, column and whatever I need. Wanna hear something funny, he called me today. I told him I live in N.J, so he asked me if I can maybe rent a trailer and pick up a car for him and he would give me the parts I need for free. It would just cost me the price of the trailer rental.

 

[RemCharger]

These are the brackets i was mentioning.

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Interesting. My 66 Coronet has them so i just assumed Chargers would too.

Yep these guys