rear seat question

[SS Shaun]

can someone help me out with this. I was told that the rear seat is the same from 68-72. now someone is telling me that in 70 the seats are smaller then the 68-69. can someone clear that up for me?

[carpoor]

As far as my experience, 68'-69' are the same, and 70'-72' are the same. A friend of my father's tried a spare 70'-72' seat we had in his 69' - no dice.

[SS Shaun]

why was that was it to big or to small?

[carpoor]

It was too wide, the 70'-72's are bulkier and wider cars than the 68'-69's.

[SS Shaun]

thank you for the info i am going to see if my buddy lets me try the seat out first before i pay for it just to double check. he claims its the same but i was fearful that it was smaller or bigger

[carpoor]

NP, I have my eye on a certain 69' that my father owned briefly. It needs a rear seat, one of the things keeping me from trying to aquire it. It is the car in question that we tried a 72' seat in.

[shadowgray396]

This is from your other post earlier

68-69 rear seats are 58",
70-72 coupes are 52", 70 to 72 use a filler panel in the back that the ash tray sits in.
68-72 convertibles are 48".

Need to make a correction to that. I was told wrong by a friend

Coupes for 70-72 are 52"
Convertibles are 48"

I checked my 70 and it is 52"

[SS Shaun]

thats right i did post this before...lol opps but i did find a 68 back seat going to pick it up tomorrow!!! $100 bucks needs a re wrap but i dont care at this point..lol

[carpoor]

Great score Shaun. My memory must be failing me in my 30s. Ray, a Monte Carlo seat wouldn't be any different - would it? (70'-72')

[shadowgray396]

Great score Shaun. My memory must be failing me in my 30s. Ray, a Monte Carlo seat wouldn't be any different - would it? (70'-72')

Monte would be the same

[Ms Grumpy]

Thanks for the measurements Ray. I never realized that the 70-72 rear seats were not as wide.

[SS Shaun]

i got my seats from a 68 happy

[carpoor]

Just wanted to add to this... do we know for sure that all 68'-69' GM A-body rear seats are the same & will interchange? I found someone on the west coast of FL with a bunch of 68'-72' Buick GS/Skylark cars & parts. I would love to score a rear seat for my recently purchased 69' Chevelle.