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Re: Swivel seats [Re: moparx] #2731398
01/09/20 12:33 PM
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I checked out dash pictures of the 60 dodge and plymouth models.
I'm going to say if my memory serves me right the dash was dodge and steering wheel plymouth. Swapped?
Speedometer was see through with the gauges in humps and the wheel the rectangular red clear.
Wonder what happened to that car?
Lastly, I wonder if the swivel out seat option was scrapped due to safety standards.

Re: Swivel seats [Re: srt] #2732155
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Originally Posted by srt
Very interesting about the rounded off rectangular steering wheel. For a fact in Nor Cal in 1983 I had a red w/ white trim Dart Phoenix (believe 383) with white / red interior with the squared off rectangle steering wheel. It was somewhat odd and difficult to drive on curvy roads. It's etched in my mind and is identical to the blue one you posted, yet was red and clear. Kind of wished I kept that car as it was probably the most outlandish styling I've seen, and huge also.


If the red & white square steering wheel looked like one of these, then it was a Plymouth wheel.
Again, if the Dodge was a Canadian model yes it could’ve had the same wheel and it would use the complete 1960 Plymouth dash too. (Regardless of which steering wheel standard or optional)

Here is 1960 Plymouth optional square steering wheel

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Re: Swivel seats [Re: C_B5] #2732157
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This is the 1961 Plymouth optional square steering wheel

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And last the square style steering wheel used on Imperials which is not the same as the Plymouth ones

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Re: Swivel seats [Re: C_B5] #2732177
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I can't imagine how the swivel seats would fair with the seat belt laws and front and side air bags these days. I'm sure they would be a difficult item to get approval from the National Safety Counsel for use in modern cars. Gene

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To help with your point at least in 1960 the swivel seats automatically swiveled out when you opened the door. So basically if you got in a wreck and the door opened it would dump you out of the car.


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