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1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! #1525538
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Anyone else have any experience with 6 way seats in an A body? This car is an odditty but I have never heard of another A body having a 6 wat seat option!

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: moparnation] #1525539
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Anyone else have any experience with 6 way seats in an A body? This car is an odditty but I have never heard of another A body having a 6 wat seat option!




My 72 Dart had one, I put in out of a 79 Cordoba.


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Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: Supercuda] #1525540
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Yes but this one is FACTORY installed! It seems Very unusual!

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: moparnation] #1525541
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& what evidence do you have that it was FACTRORY installed?

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: 6bblgt] #1525542
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I would be skeptical too however I have knowledge of the car since 1975 and I have owned it since 1979 .The old folks I purchased it from bought here in Sacramento CA at Swift Dodge and claimed they were the original owners.The seat pattern is correct etc..These Canadian GT Darts are somewhat of an enigma; not that they are valuable: just unusually optioned! Ever heard of a 6 way option on an A body?

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: moparnation] #1525543
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window sticker? broadcast sheet? fender tag?

Many things can happen in the days, months, years after a car left the factory, dealer's often did anything to sell a car. First is the car a factory bucket seat car per the fender tag? Is the 6-way an e-body or b-body seat track unit? Does the car have factory undercoating? There should be some evidence if it's always been there - hole pattern in the floor pan is different.

Got pics?

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: moparnation] #1525544
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I would be skeptical too however I have knowledge of the car since 1975 and I have owned it since 1979 .The old folks I purchased it from bought here in Sacramento CA at Swift Dodge and claimed they were the original owners.The seat pattern is correct etc..These Canadian GT Darts are somewhat of an enigma; not that they are valuable: just unusually optioned! Ever heard of a 6 way option on an A body?




Why would a car bought in Sacramento be a Canadian GT Dart? I'm confused on that one.

A fellow clubmember of mine bought an 69 Road Runner brand new. He was 6'6". The dealership moved the front seat back and redrilled the mounts on the floorpan for him.

I believe the six way seat shows up on the fender tag? If so, moparnation, what does your fender tag say.

Moparnation, do you have the buildsheet for this car?

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: 6bblgt] #1525545
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I have the fender tag it has the correct designation of "A65" for the GT bucket seat option but where do I find the option code for the 6 way? By the way it looks virgin under the floor and I will post pics. soon thanks for the input!

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: moparnation] #1525546
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Seen literally THOUSANDS of Darts in the last 35 years and have never heard of a factory installed 6 way seat. I have pretty much all the factory documentation for 67-76 Darts and have never seen any mention that it was available. As always I will never say never with anything Chrysler ever did, but to believe it would require something from Chrysler or the dealership is was bought from.


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Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: Rhinodart] #1525547
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does it show one available in the parts book? then I would believe there was one,but like others....I have seen tons of darts,and never ever seen/heard of one...sorry but I bet its a early modification.

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: imfixinmopars426] #1525548
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For what it is worth, I have a set of '66 Barracuda seats that have adjustable tracks for tilt and height, are these rare?




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Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: gdonovan] #1525549
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For what it is worth, I have a set of '66 Barracuda seats that have adjustable tracks for tilt and height, are these rare?




That was standard . B bodies also had those. All A and Bs up to 66 I believe

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Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: moparnation] #1525550
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Yes but this one is FACTORY installed! It seems Very unusual!



Yep. Sure it is. Standard with the 440 Hemi engine package.

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: Commando1] #1525551
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I'm betting it was a Dealer install 6-way modified from a B or E one. Not a Factory installed.


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Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: moparmarks] #1525552
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Smart dealer wouldn't lose a sell over adding this minor mod,
"Sure we can get you 6 way seats, only $50"

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: Commando1] #1525553
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Yes but this one is FACTORY installed! It seems Very unusual!



Yep. Sure it is. Standard with the 440 Hemi engine package.






With Mopar you just never know, if you've been involved with them for a few decades, some pretty odd stuff pops up,.....not to change the subject matter, too much, but keep it on factory oddities...this one is currently on DC.com, a 1970 Charger R/T V code, with AC, and Cruise Control, listed on the tag, VIN and fender tag are present now here's 3 combos supposly not available in a group? ...food for thought, until proven otherwise, that 6 way seat might be a factory oddity

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: DAYCLONA] #1525554
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AC was available on a Charger? Cruise available on a Charger?

But was a 6-way seat available on a Dart?

Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: Diego (not Ted)] #1525555
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A/C was not available on a Code V car and that car has factory documentation.
Unless the OP has factory docs showing a 6-way then I say dealer installed at best.
As stated before, the dealers did things to make a sale.


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Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: moparmarks] #1525556
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Stories like these always make me chuckle. You all probably know at least one guy who'll chattle on about how back in the day, the factory would do anything. Perhaps at Chrysler, a dealership with enough clout, and a buyer with enough cash - absolutely they could get whatever they wanted.
Chrysler was a large enough company that I'm sure they could pull this off.

I get told all the time that AMC was the same way. These tales are hard to sit through as I personally know several former Kenosha plant workers. They tell me that any deviation on the line screwed EVERYTHING up. As a time-saving measure, they would pre-assemble sub-assemblies such as engines and certain engine/tranny combos.

There is one such gentleman "out there" that loves to cluck about how he has the ONLY Non-Power Steering 401 Javelin AMX. He tells the story of how the factory sent him numerous letters stating they could not build the car to such specifications. (ALL 401 cars have Power steering. 401's were assembled with the pump attached.)

I'd be willing to bet toes or testicles that Kenosha shipped a Power Steering Javelin to the dealer either with a spare column & box in the trunk or with a letter attached saying "Go Nuts". There's probably a six-cylinder Javelin somewhere that now has power steering but shouldn't have!


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Re: 1971 dart GT FACTORY 6 WAY seat I have one in my Dart! [Re: moparmarks] #1525557
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A/C was not available on a Code V car and that car has factory documentation.
Unless the OP has factory docs showing a 6-way then I say dealer installed at best.
As stated before, the dealers did things to make a sale.




My point was that AC and Cruise were available on Chargers, but it seems that the 6-way seat was not available on the Dart, so it's a poor analogy.

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