How many of you have 1970 Charger with a bench seat? I ask 1970 because I think that is possible the first year you could get the bench seat in a Charger? Just curious to how common this is/was as an option.
Thanks
I've only seen them in 1970 XH models, like mine....
My 70 Charger "had" a bench/column auto...first thing on the "To go" list.... :icon_smile_big:
I've had only one 70 Charger and it was a bench seat column shift car.
they make a super rare one that looks like two buckets and a fold down arm rest like a buddy seat , but its all one piece bench . 70 Charger and GTX only
My '72 has one. I was going to put buckets and a console in it but thought "Hey, you never see bench seats anymore" and kept it. People at car shows always get a kick out of it
Quote from: moparstuart on August 31, 2021, 08:31:43 AM
they make a super rare one that looks like two buckets and a fold down arm rest like a buddy seat , but its all one piece bench . 70 Charger and GTX only
:scratchchin: ....... NO they don't :cheers:
the bench seats in Kern Dog's pictures are the only 1970 Charger bench seats available &
XH29 ONLY (all vinyl "
H2??" - available in: black, white, blue, green, tan & burnt orange)
- the 1970 GTX bench seat is shown below (cloth & vinyl "
P3??" - available in: black,
blue & burnt orange)
the 1970 registry says something like 9300-9400 XH built. Mine had a bench seat, no exception. One question I have always had is whether the bench sits the driver and passenger higher than the bucket seats. I am thinking height off the floor.
Quote from: XH29N0G on August 31, 2021, 06:50:54 PM
One question I have always had is whether the bench sits the driver and passenger higher than the bucket seats. I am thinking height off the floor.
What? I thought you meant that the seats would make you fail a drug test....
Had a triple black 70 383 Charger with bench seat.
:icon_smile_big: KD, I figure you would know since you have both. Is there a difference in height. I always felt with the Charger bench seat that I was sitting up higher than in some other cars with buckets. I wondered if the chargers with buckets also sit up high, or sit a little lower.
Yeah, even with the seat worn out, My head does sit closer to the headliner in the XH/Jigsaw car !
All base model 70 Chargers (XH29) came with bench seats. Buckets were not an option and were standard on the 500 (CP29) and R/T (XS29) models.
There are a LOT of car guys that incorrectly believe that you could order a car any way that you wanted. I know a reasonably smart guy that thinks you could have ordered a 440 or a Hemi in a base model car.
No, they were only available in the R/T.
20 years ago, it seemed like most of the 1970 Charger's I was finding locally were these stripped down budget Charger's. One was a pristine, low mileage survivor in blue. Every single one of them, including the survivor, wound up "upgraded" with bucket seats. I often wonder how many of the XH cars are out there modded and not obvious.
The survival rates based on cars registered with the 70 Charger Registry:
XH29 Base Model: 5.8%
XP29 500 Model: 7.8%
XS29 R/T Model: 16.7%
There are still cars out there yet to be found but a lot of the less HP cars met a crushing fate or were stripped to keep others alive.