Do Stockers need correct year seats?

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

So they insist on identifying the correct seat for the car but don't seem to care if the foam is 1/4 the thickness or half the springs are missing, or it has fixed CM tubing to hold the seat to the floor instead of a track.

I would think if the people that write the NHRA rulebook were REALLY concerned about the correct appearance it would state in the rule book "must be correct seats for make, model and year of vehicle that is claimed" It really would be that simple as they use this phrase many other times when deemed important.

In the current writing, it wouldn't last a second in court if somebody had 1967 Camaro Buckets in their 1970 Camaro (Stock class). The rules says very explicitly "must have full factory type upholstery.......and front and rear seats" (I skipped the part about carpet, door panels, etc). Doesn't say seats must be from make / model / year claimed.
If it's a concern, change the wording in the book.

This was the same issue a few years ago about radiators. Basically a 1967 Camaro could get away with a 2002 Camaro (lite-weight) radiator as it was "the same model". The rule was revised to spell out the radiator must be from the make / model / year claimed. It's that simple.

Back from post #34 on the subject....Like I said, it's as simple as that!

[Dgal]

Originally Posted by Floyd Gomez

I recieved an email a short time ago. I would like to appologize to everyone on this topic. It seems that after the discussion on here NHRA has decided to ammend the rule book as follows:

Floyd,

Using Camaro seats in your Monte Carlo would not be acceptable for Stock Eliminator. The rulebook states under upholstery “must have full factory-type seats;’ and as you stated must be of factory type. With that said I can see that this could become an issue of how one interprets the current wording; so I’ll make an amendment to specifically state that “seats must be correct for year and body claimed.”

Pat Cvengros

Technical Services Representative

(626) 250-2295

Looks like I will be trying to find Monte Carlo Buckets because according to D. Gracia in tech notching the seat is also not legal.

Small point of order, but how can you then put Viper seats into a Drag Pack? Of course the Drag Packs have several other things that don't come in them in stock form like their crate motors. And some will claim the Viper seats are original issue in the Drag Packs. Oh well....

[Floyd Gomez]

Originally Posted by herbjr

Well Travis I wish you could answer the question I asked you. Can we run a 67 year model bucket seat in a 67 Wagon in K/SA? You know the seat that was available to come in the car.

You guys arent reading the post correctly, the issue is they said we cant run any bucket seat in a car that it was an option.

Herb,
According to Pat. If it is correct year make and model it passes. I would get all of the documentation that shows it was a factory option and send it to him. His phone number is on my post. Of course this is for NHRA only.