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    Cnut, yes, all my words were about the rear seat.

    Front seats work very well in our cars if you build a mount that accounts for the 1-1/4" difference in the floor height between the original seat mount area and the trans tunnel.

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    split bench seat

    Quote Originally Posted by rockytopper View Post
    Da boxer red your bench can bring anywhere between 500 to 1000 all depends on condition etc. I sold a 57 split bench that was original condition needing total restoration for 950 on E-bay but I paid the shipping and netted 700$ 57 are one year only and fetch a little higher price but a lot of guys these days want to go back original the split bench brings good money.

    Speaking of C'nut do you still have that mid 60's split bench for sale? I tried to find that old thread but had no luck. I might still be interested in. Buying it.
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    how do put pic on this site I have on e-mail but have never installed a pic pic of the seat in 57

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    I was able to sell a 55 bench seat for 650 a few years back--sold it locally as I did not want to mess with shipping---guy never used the seat--go figure--never finished the delivery

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    best seats for 57 bel air

    I found 1963 gran prix seats so my split bench seat is for sale red/black ready to install!!send pm

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    I had a pair of 62-65 Impala seats cheap and bought my 55 to use them. The chrome band goes awesome with BA dash.,

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    It all comes down to what you want. I personally like having 12-way power seats that you can tweak to fit you "just right".
    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


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    56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

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    me too

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    Hated every set of power seats I ever had, just another thing to break.

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    I kinda like the power seat. Will fix if it breaks.

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    I've had power seats in lots of vehicles, and never a problem with any of them. It's not like you run them back and forth and up and down all the time. The benefit is the adjustability, not that you move it all the time. Just like tilt steering columns. Mine stays in one place, but it's in a different place than if it was a straight column. My seat stays where it fits me best with the correct fore-aft positon, height, tilt, and seat back angle that makes it comfortable for me to drive. Most 60's seats only moved fore and aft on a tilted track. Not much adjustability there.

    I guess we shouldn't use power windows, power door locks, power steering, power brakes, automatic transmissions, digital instruments, EFI, disc brakes, A/C or anything else that's become standard on most cars since 1965 since it's all gets "too complicated" and it's just another thing to break. Things were so much simpler when you had a horse pulling you around in a buggy.
    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


    Other vehicles:

    56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

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