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Posted by: ben*james Jul 15 2020, 08:22 PM

My driver seat was too snug around the back. Passenger seat felt great. OK - I'll just swap them out.

Enter Murphy.

After getting the seats out - driver side no small feat. Come to think of it - that should have been a hint; I find out that the mounts are different.

The biggest issue, perhaps not showing up in the pictures, the drivers mount is about 1/2 inch wider than the passenger. I can't just swap the tracks out. Bummer.

So - collective wisdom, what exactly am I dealing with here and how could I pull a switch or solve for my wide back and narrow seat issue behind the wheel?

OK, first we'll start with an artistic pic (at least for me). Is this houndstooth?

Posted by: ben*james Jul 15 2020, 08:27 PM

Here's the driver side mount set up

Posted by: ben*james Jul 15 2020, 08:28 PM

Here's the passenger side set up. What I assume is stock and what I"m used to.

Posted by: ben*james Jul 15 2020, 08:31 PM

Here's the under side of the seats. Original Driver in front of photo, passenger in rear (and what I assume to be stock set up)

Posted by: ben*james Jul 15 2020, 08:34 PM

Finally, so you can see the difference in the seats. The front, driver seat, is a little too narrow for my frame. As the lady selling sport coats said "with an athletic build like that, you really need a Joseph Abboud".

'Fat man in a little coat' is more like it.

Anyway gang, the help you can give is much appreciated. Comments welcome as I sort out this mystery.

Cheers
-Ben

Posted by: Chris914n6 Jul 16 2020, 01:22 AM

Drivers is a typical race car setup.
Pass is stock.

In your case the easiest would be to swap the rails on the seats.

Also looks like your car is a 70-71 with the fixed pass seat originally.

You are missing the tilt/slider base assm and rear pivot mounts on the driver side.

Posted by: ben*james Jul 16 2020, 07:52 AM

QUOTE(Chris914n6 @ Jul 16 2020, 12:22 AM)

Drivers is a typical race car setup.
Pass is stock.

In your case the easiest would be to swap the rails on the seats.

Also looks like your car is a 70-71 with the fixed pass seat originally.

You are missing the tilt/slider base assm and rear pivot mounts on the driver side.

Thanks Chris.

Swap the seat rails is worth exploring

Yep - it's a 70. It's a six. I thought just the driver side was a mod, but you are right - it probably came with a fixed seat. So both seats are modified!

Posted by: VaccaRabite Jul 16 2020, 09:37 AM

They probably put the front tilting rails on the pass side when they changed the driver front seat to a more race oriented setup.

Zach

Posted by: ben*james Jul 17 2020, 08:44 AM

QUOTE(VaccaRabite @ Jul 16 2020, 08:37 AM)