Hey guys! Long time anonymous creeper, first time poster.
I've got a 72 duster, and I want to swap out the bench seats with buckets. Now, I'm sure this question is asked a million times, but I can't find any posts. Are most of the a body seats interchangeable, or does having a bench pose some other fabrication work?
Thanks in advanced. I'm excited to learn and hopefully help, if it's available in my knowledge base!

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We have 74,75,76 Darts, Scamp & Sport. I think the floor pans are shaped for either bench or OEM A-body buckets, though they may not be drilled for the bolts. We found that if you try to put seats from any other cars in our A-bodies, the critical dimension is seat height, or how close your head ends up being to the roof. It's all trial & error, and custom fabrication. Serious note: if you put seats in that the seat belts are attached to the seats, some serious engineering should be done for safety in a crash. I don't feel comfortable using that kind of seat /seat belt, as I'll stick to the A-body OEM seat belt system. There have been other posts on this subject, but I am not good at finding them.

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"Louise", a 1976 Dart Custom project, (now sadly reverted to being just an "organ donor" to our other project Darts.)

Thanks! That's more information than I've gotten by googling for days.
Sorry to hear about Louise. I'm sure she was a fine lady.

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Welcome! Yes, unless it was a bucket seat car to start, you will have to weld/bolt braces in on the inboard side and fab some holes/mounts to put buckets in. I have aftermarket buckets in 2 of my cars w/custom mounts and Sebring convertible seats with integral shoulder belts, which involved making custom heavy duty mounts and 7-8 hold-down bolts per seat.

Lou

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