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A Body Bucket seat brackets #681823
04/27/10 12:58 PM
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Does any one have pictures or diagram of A body seat brackets? I am especially looking for how the spring attaches from the handle to the other bracket. I think I may be missing a piece.

I am trying to install what I think are factory A Body bucket seats into a car that originally came with a bench seat.


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Re: A Body Bucket seat brackets [Re: ChallengerVert] #681824
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What year seats 70 to 72 no spring from one side to other, large spring goes from handle to a tab on same rail(inside), other side of track uses a wire from side to side, each track should have a small yellow spring that goes on the outside and the large spring on the inside. pass side seat wire passes through a long retainer that hooks on a loop on front side of seat.

Re: A Body Bucket seat brackets [Re: ademon] #681825
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Ademon, I have a 70 Duster. I am not sure what year the seat brackets are out of. I am missing the wire you describe and an ability to "lock" the non-handle side of the bracket. Trying to figure out how to make this work.


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Re: A Body Bucket seat brackets [Re: ChallengerVert] #681826
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after 72, the non handle side did not lock or have a wire that connected the two sides, post a pic

Re: A Body Bucket seat brackets [Re: ademon] #681827
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Here is a picture of the seats brackets on Drivers seat. I installed the passenger seat and it does not lcok very well.


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Here is another picture of the seat with the non handle track highlighted where I think I am missing a piece?

Can anyone identify these tracks?

I think I may need new ones if I can not figure out a way to make non handle side lock.


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those look like 73 and later seats, the non handle side does not lock, are there any "teeth" on the track without the handle?

Re: A Body Bucket seat brackets [Re: ademon] #681830
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Yes there are teeth in the track with no handle.


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