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I have gone from front to back underneath my '72 and replaced/restored everything. Even swapped the 307 for a 468. I found all those items rather quickly. BUT, finding a set of factory bucket seats seems to be impossible. Everywhere I search I find nothing or get no response. I'm open for suggestions.
I think the issue with finding the original buckets is that not only are they expensive, but they are expensive to ship as well. There's really no cheap way to pack and send them. Sad but true. I was lucky that mine was a factory bucket seat car and still had the factory seats in it when I got it in 1992.
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1973 Nova hatchback 350,TH350, 3500 stall converter, with the obnoxious 6 inch bolt on fiberglass hood.
Thanks for the replies fellas,
I've got a set of 68 camaro buckets but they just don't fit or look right. I heard that the early '70's camaros have the same seats as the '72 nova.
I saw a set of buckets in a '70 nova that were out of a '72 monte carlo, they looked really nice.
I believe a couple of the repop places (Classic Industries, Ground Up) sell all of the parts needed to build bucket seats from scratch..if you cannot find what you want you and really want buckets this is a way to get them...of course it might be a little spendy...but as they say "sometimes you just gotta do what ya gotta do"
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. I heard that the early '70's camaros have the same seats as the '72 nova.
The high back buckets in the 72-80 Trans Am's and Camaro's have the same seat frames and foam as the 72-up Nova. The main differences are the seat covers and tracks. The covers are available, but the tracks are not.
I made the Trans Am tracks work in my car with some custom made mounts welded to the floor.
I had the same problem. When I decided to convert the bench to buckets I looked for more than a year. I finally threw in the towel and had a set of 68 Camaro buckets recovered to match the rear Nova seat. Wouldn't you know it but 3 months later I came across an early 70's Camaro in the bone yard with a set of buckets. $50 and an hour in the rain and mud and they were mine. No jewels by any means but as you know..hard to find. They are comfortably resting on a shelf wating to be revived so don't give up...
I just got 66 Chevelle bucket seats that were shipped to me from WA. They guy shipped them in UPS cartons (I can post a picture if needed) and they arrived in good shape. He did ship the seat rails separate, since they added to the height and weight of the seats which drove the cost way up. When I was looking at some seats being shipped from the East Coast to the West, I was quoted about $80 per seat from the buyer...
I have heard that Greyhound bus lines will ship pretty cheap terminal to terminal...
I have a 69 bench from a 66 Chevelle, not hoarding... I want to get rid of it, got buckets.
I was hopeing to find some buckets locally. But I'll just have to deal with shipping cost if need be. I've also got a bench seat that can go when I get some buckets .
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