Has anybody retrofitted late model bucket seats into their early B body? I'd sure like to be able to use the later integrated restraint systems in my '65. I'd like to stay away from as much computer and sensor interfacing as possible. Pictures and descriptions would sure help.

Anybody??

Be careful, I asked a similar question about putting 09 Challenger seats in my 68 Coronet and got more replies bashing my idea than I did offering help. Lot of closed minded people here. It's sad. Good luck bud.

I dont have any of the answers that you are looking for, but I am in the same boat. I have a 71 challenger that I would like to be able to drive long distances, but my butt dont like the old seats near as much as the new ones. There is a post on here right now where a guy used seats out of a 96 or 97 sebring convertible. It has the sholder belts built into the seats. There is an in-depth attachment that shows the whole purchace and install procedure, that I found very interesting. I would realy like to finde a good looking, comfortable, easy to install, and readily available seat to install in my chally. I will be watching your post for any helpful info. Using new seats in an old car is only foolish if you have a numbers matching car, that is not my plan. I build mine to fit what I want, and then I drive them, some times I even drive them like I stole them. Good luck finding your answers.

I've used Scat/ProCar Rally seats before and they were very comfortable

As for late model seats...there has been a few threads here before on it.
Off hand, DirectSubjection used later model Jag seats in his Duster and was real happy with them...

Should be a few options with built in belts if you look in real late model stuff..

I am just trying to decide what seats to use on the Torana actually now....Scat's again, or

Want something supportive for sure.. I went and looked at some Corbeau CR1's the other day..supportive, but kinda hard on the butt for long drives I think

Lincoln LS seats bought new on eBay. I had to modify/fabricate the seats floor mount brackets to fit the 66 Coronet floor.

Do the Lincoln seats have the restraint system built in?

Seabring seats are the only ones I have seen with a really good writeup. Mostly because they had a seperate computer to control the seats.

There are several other integrated belt seats, like trucks and such, but again , no good info on how to get the belts to work right.

For the early b's, the seats I have heard were a bolt in were the mbody seats. you would need to find an early 2 door so the seat moves up, and you would still be stuck with just lap belts, or you could convert to a 3 point since you have a roof.

For me I have to decide if it is worth the hassle to retro the seabring seats or go with an early m, since I don't have a roof.

I have also thought about the lebaron verts where the added something to the pillar but that seemed too complicated and would not look as clean.

dkn1997- got the email with the brackets, and I would not use those. A welder buddy pointed out how they would just collaps on them selves forward and just shove you into the dash.
You need front to back brackets not left to right.

hey andrew I wasn't crazy about it either. one obastacle is that the on my stock seats, the arrangement of bolt holes is even as far as I could tell @14" apart (side to side) and @10 3/4" (back to front) makes a near perfect rectangle

the sebring seats have the front brackets equal @18.5" apart (side to side)but the rears are staggared (front to back)

unlike my charger floor which is mostly flat for arguments sake, on the sebring the floor is uneven and stamped out so that the seat tracks sort of wrap around the bumps in the floor.

I want to make up some brackets that will essentially add the "bumps" to my floor bolted through the stock seat holes (reinforced from under) and allow the sebring seats to bolt right in without bending or cutting anything on them.

I can't weld, but i may mock it up using mdf and have my friend weld it up for me. I think if it's thought out, it may be simple..

I don't know if I have to make an assembly that's one huge piece or If I can use a piece for outboard track then anothr for the inboard on each side.

i'd also add that my stock seat cushion is roughly 11" off the floor in the front. the sebring is @8" so there is room to build up and I just looked at those pics again, and it really does make more sense to go front to back with the adapters you make, not side to side...I have visions of that folding like a pretzel...

I'd like to use solid square sock like this and tap it. then bolt through stock seat holes.

Make sure you check the height of the seat bottom. I think that was the main issue with the new challenger seats, they put your butt up too high in most cars. You don't want to raise the seating position at all, it makes the car feel a lot different and not in a good way.