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The AAR's were not really ordered by customers to dealers didn't want to have an expensive car sitting on thier lots they didn't know if they could sell.



..... but the bench seat was still an OPTION, with a $16.50 price tag.
Bucket seats with a column auto was "cheaper". The console was a $53.35 OPTION.

The only reason bench seat (non-AAR) 'Cudas are not seen today, is because the more mundane 4bbl (340, 383, 440) automatics w/bench seat interior were shuned & parted years ago as undesirables. Multiple carb cars have a higher survival rate because of multiple carbs.