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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:13 pm    Post subject: 67 seats into 56, and vice versa Reply with quote

I have some really nice powder coated rear seat frames from my now defunct 1967... Can I install these into my new 1956 body on the 1967 chassis? Also, can the 1956 front seats I got with the new body mount onto my 1967 chassis? I know, anything can be done, but I am asking if it is a simple bolt in procedure.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, you can install 1967 front seats onto a 1956 pan, and vice versa. No mods, just slide them onto the rails
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any idea if the rear seats will work? Those are the ones I had powdercoated. I will be able to tell once I dig out the old and new seats, just figured someone on here might know before I go through all of that.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can make the rear seat back work with some minor mods. You just need to make some adapter plates for the mounts for the seat back, as the later frames were a bit shorter where they mount to the body. The adapter plates are just extensions. There's probably a better solution, but I used to have a 56 that a previous owner put later seats in and that's what they did. Worked fine and wasn't visible when the seat bottom was in place.

I think once you set the 67 rear seat frame in the car, you'd see what you would have to do to make it work.
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