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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: Lee446] #2627777
03/02/19 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted By Lee446
I can tell you how some of them came that way. I bought a 69RR in 72 from a neighbor who ordered it new in 69. He ordered it with bucket seats, auto with console. Salesman goofed up on the order form and it came in as Bucket seat/column auto/no console/no buddy seat. He was mightily PO'd, but they discounted the car $200, which was almost 3 months car payment back then, so he took it. I am sure that more than one salesman screwed up checking off the boxes on the order forms and is possibly why so many of them exist.


Could be that's why many of them came that way, but not my GTS. It was a sales bank car. That and being sold new in Detroit are probably why it didn't sell until May 1969 (Aug 1967 SPD).

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: slantzilla] #2627787
03/02/19 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted By slantzilla
I had a teacher in high school who had a '71 R/T Challenger that was a column shift with buckets. When she got married her husband made her trade it in on a 4 door Nova. bawling


Strange.....usually it's the other way around where wifey tells hubby to sell his toy in exchange for a family vehicle lol.

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2628082
03/02/19 10:39 PM
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Many many years ago I had a 70RR that was a pretty stripped down car.
Manual steering & brakes.
Did have an AM radio and vinyl roof though.

Buckets, no console, auto on the column.

My 68 Satellite....... also manual steering and brakes....... is kind of the opposite of buckets and a column auto.

It’s a 4 speed with a bench(383 4bbl).


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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2628085
03/02/19 10:59 PM
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My 71 Duster 340 was bucket seats column shift.

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2628132
03/03/19 12:51 AM
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I looked at a 67 Barracuda fastback a few years ago, 273, 3 on the tree with buckets.

Kevin

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: Twostick] #2628352
03/03/19 06:15 PM
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I don't think it was all the rare when these cars were new.
The floor shifter, especially with console, cost a bit extra.
Just seem like it today.


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I can screw up anything.
Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2628875
03/04/19 09:53 PM
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My old 1969 GTX convertible was 440 auto.
column shift with the buddy seat interior

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: Twostick] #2628923
03/04/19 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted By Twostick
I looked at a 67 Barracuda fastback a few years ago, 273, 3 on the tree with buckets.


Completely different thing. The OP was working with the assumption that a console would be standard with buckets for an auto-tranny car. In most cases, this wasn't the case.

I am not aware of Mopar having console-mounted 3-speeds but it's possible there's a rare example out there. I know Pontiac and Oldsmobile offered it.

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2628942
03/05/19 12:42 AM
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Piling on but my 70 sport fury and my brother's 70 charger rt/se are both column bucket cars


70 Sport Fury
68 Charger
69 Coronet
72 RR
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