Question about seats in a Stocker

[Mike McCandless]

Yes we had bucket seats in a station wagon. They made 15 383/4 speed wagons, which I'm 95% sure came with buckets.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Mike McCandless

Yes we had bucket seats in a station wagon. They made 15 383/4 speed wagons, which I'm 95% sure came with buckets.

Mike, Without researching this, I'm 95 % certain they DIDN'T come that way. I've never seen a 60's 4dr car, or station wagon with factory bucket seats. Therein lies your problem. If I were teching stockers, not bracket cars, ...I would expect to see a straight, fixed back, bench seat in that car. It seems pretty clear, in this instance, what the rule book means by factory type seats. The book has to be looked at in the spirit of stock appearing automobiles, not any OEM factory seat. How about a Crosley seat then? King Midget?

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[herbjr]

Mark do you know Galen Glovier, well he is the guy who has decoded all these mopar cars and can tell you exactly how many of each car was made with what. I also have a full set of Mopar Parts books from the early 60's to the mid 70's.

I also have a picture of a wagon with a full center console and buckets. So if we want to get technical then that is fine I really dont care. BUT, why dont we quit the bullshhhhht and start racing.

Herb Jr

BTW, There are a few racers who need to wear IHRA uniforms as much time as they spend in the tech trailer bitching about other racers stuff.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by herbjr

Mark do you know Galen Glovier, well he is the guy who has decoded all these mopar cars and can tell you exactly how many of each car was made with what. I also have a full set of Mopar Parts books from the early 60's to the mid 70's.

I also have a picture of a wagon with a full center console and buckets. So if we want to get technical then that is fine I really dont care. BUT, why dont we quit the bullshhhhht and start racing.

Herb Jr

BTW, There are a few racers who need to wear IHRA uniforms as much time as they spend in the tech trailer bitching about other racers stuff.

Yep, I've heard of him (it's Govier) , and I'm sure he saw atleast 2 or 3 cars like that. The point is though, most tech people and racers have never seen any. So now you'll have to document those rare cars to make your case .
Why don't you just run the lighter bench seat?
Oh, and BTW, it's not BS to try to save what's left of Stock Eliminator.
Good luck

[herbjr]

There is almost nothing left of stock. My dad has a Chrysler with 4 buckets, and front and rear consoles. Its a Chrysler 300. The Bench is lighter just a low back thats all.

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by herbjr

There is almost nothing left of stock. My dad has a Chrysler with 4 buckets, and front and rear consoles. Its a Chrysler 300. The Bench is lighter just a low back thats all.

Herb,

You can put an A-body bench w or w/o head rest and save some weight, A-bodies from the mid 70's offer benches with integral headrests. You will need to make some kind of seat brackets as they sit lower than B-bodies.

Jim R

[herbjr]

I dont care about weight. The car has alot of weight in it to get to 3745. It will have a 383 in KSA and SSLA by next year.

[Ronnie Hamlin]

[QUOTE=Mark Yacavone;120093]Mike, Without researching this, I'm 95 % certain they DIDN'T come that way. I've never seen a 60's 4dr car, or station wagon with factory bucket seats.

Hi Mark,
Sorry, but Chrysler would build whatever the customer wanted back in "the good old days". As a perfect example, there is a 66 Chrysler 300 4 door advertised on the Raleigh, N.C. Craigslist today with factory bucket seats, console, and shifter in the floor. There are excellent pictures of the car and interior. The owner is in Virginia Beach, Va. and his number is 757-348-9924.

[Bob Mulry]

Oh,

I thought that you guys where talking about Stock Eliminator type racing, but then I found out that it's IHRA Stock Eliminator type racing.

Never mind,
Bob

[magnumv8]

Here are my issues....I purchased my Dakota new in '92 to drag race...they made them legal for stock shortly after so I planned to eventually to make it "class legal"....time and money and a divorce got away from me but I kept racing it and slowly modifying it.....I have called Glendora several times over the years to check legal mods based on Dakota stockers I have taken pictures of over the years....between shock mounting to rear axle assemblies to several other items I don't believe at this point there is one Dakota in stock that according to what I am told is legal by definition, yet they pass tech....Glendora a couple times had to call the field techs to find out how they were policing a couple things and get back to me and tell me NO, I can't do that.....all I want to do is get out and run some divisional and nationals and the last thing I want is to get bounced from tech....there seems to be a sort of " good ole boys " club and if you aren't one of them there is a different set of rules for you, the magnifying glasses come out and you have to bend over and grab your ankles....