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Column shift with Bucket Seats? #2627288
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I'm working on my 69 barracuda notchback and noticed something strange. When I bought the car it was a auto on the column but had bucket seats in it. I just assumed that the previous owner swapped out the bench for the buckets as he was intending to installed a console shifter. After looking over the fender tag the car was a factory bucket seat car with shifter on the column. How odd/rare is that combo?

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627295
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Not uncommon at all . In fact, three of the neatest cars I have owned personally were all column shift auto's with bucket seats , and no fold down arm rest (buddy seat). 70 Charger R/T SE Sublime green ,dealer demonstrator,
1970 Challenger R/T , hemi orange, 440 six pack , lots of options , and 1971 GTX ,curious yellow . I was told once that it was a common configuration on dealer demos because it made the interior appear bigger . I don't know if that is true or not .

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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627303
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Had a '68 Charger R/T with column auto, buckets (of course) & buddy seat, and as Lewis says, it doesn't seem to be particularly rare.

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627309
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One of my 4-doors has buckets & column shift.

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Sold a '69 GTS Dart that was a column automatic bucket car.


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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627352
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My '72 Cuda is column shift.


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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627359
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I have a 70 Dart GT with bucket seats and a column shift. I was surprised when the A-Body arrived from Cali on the transport carrier with the combo. I expected a bench seat. The fender tag and build sheet confirmed combo. The restoration shop did not believe a Dart GT existed in 70, but their uncertainty was cleared up with decoding of the fender tag.

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627372
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DusterKid,

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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: vinnyd76] #2627373
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some cars have bucket seats STANDARD
& once someone ponies up ~$200 for the automatic transmission - sometimes the additional ~$50 for the console isn't in the budget

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627387
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I don't have any good pics. except of the fender tag, but our '68 GTS convertible has the optional buckets (bench was standard in Dart convertibles) with a column auto.

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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627396
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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


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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627416
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Didn't realize they were so common. I just assumed that if it had buckets it made sense to have a console shifter to take up the space between the seats. Guess I never really paid that much attention to interiors before.

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627433
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I just realized, to the best of my knowledge, the A-bodies never had a buddy seat option with buckets. It was just a B and C-Body option?

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70 challenger R/T 440 magnum .. column shift bucket seats . .

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I remember looking at & driving a 71 Challenger R/T 383 that was for sale in Phoenix back in the mid-80's. It was buckets with column shift auto.

Shoulda bought that car too - it was all original but my business partner insulted the guy with a lowball offer that pissed the guy off.


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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627497
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Most C bodies of the 60's/70's that came standard with bucket seats (300,Monaco 500,Sport Fury) had column shift with buddy seat.
ya want console,floor shift? you pony up the moulah to get that.
I had seen 69 GTX/ Coronet R/T (bucket seats standard) without any buddy seat nor console.
Both optional,but correct me if I am wrong.


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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: DusterKid] #2627531
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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.

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Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: ct440rod] #2627602
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Originally Posted By ct440rod
70 challenger R/T 440 magnum .. column shift bucket seats . .


Same here except mine was a 383. up
Looked at a '71 that was loaded, 383, luggage rack, vinyl top,a/c, and buckets w/ auto on the column.


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In 1969 both the Polara 500 and Monoco 500 came standard with buckets and a center arm rest. The console was a no cost option for both models.

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https://www.hamtramck-historical.com/ima..._Polara0008.jpg

Re: Column shift with Bucket Seats? [Re: rarefish] #2627679
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The 68 Dart GT I used to own had buckets with a column shift. My 67 GTX has that set-up too except it has a buddy seat.

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