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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:05 pm    Post subject: Seat question Reply with quote

I'm a dummy. Now that the formalities are out of the way, I have a question.

How do I know if my '60 had a full bench seat or a 60/40 split bench seat?

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

All non-walkthrough '60s had full bench seats.

The same seat was used from 58-60.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks!

So it went to a split front seat after 60?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No.
In about Oct 60 it became a humpback seat.

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You can tell if your bus took a humpback seat because there are three different "positions" it can be in. Also, the bottom of the seat, not the body, acts as the stop for the back of the seat.
Humpbacks ended in early 62. THEN they went to the 1/3, 2/3.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Riff Raff wrote:
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In about Oct 60 it became a humpback seat.

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You can tell if your bus took a humpback seat because there are three different "positions" it can be in. Also, the bottom of the seat, not the body, acts as the stop for the back of the seat.
Humpbacks ended in early 62. THEN they went to the 1/3, 2/3.


Interesting. So how would you redo a humpback bench seat? Would you have to add additional padding where the seam is?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The springs are shaped to create the hump so sort of...
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