bench seats?
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RE: bench seats?
ORIGINAL: ideal_mustangs
I've seen the bench in the 65-66 models, but was it an option in the 67-68's?? I've never seen one.
I've seen the bench in the 65-66 models, but was it an option in the 67-68's?? I've never seen one.
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RE: bench seats?
ORIGINAL: slickman
I did, I posted a pick.. I'll have to take some others if he wants.
I did, I posted a pick.. I'll have to take some others if he wants.
ORIGINAL: Soaring
OK Slick, show him yours.
OK Slick, show him yours.
it looks good, but not really going to go with what i want. if i ever find one that has a bench in it you damn well better believe i'm stealing that SOB!
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Posts: 2,707
From: San Francisco
RE: bench seats?
well thats my point....i like it in original sense....but i had my heart set on a black mustang and it would of killed me to tear off that nice paint so i just passed on it....it was a decision made in the cars interest. 
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Joined: Oct 2005
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From: new orleans
RE: bench seats?
mine came with a bench seat. tho that's up in the attic right now and it wont be seeing the car again for a while. i wasn't aware how rare they were. i know 67 produced 400,000 cars roughly, and of that, about 8,000 had bench seats. yea, i guess that is rare. it will definitely be going back in.
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RE: bench seats?
It was a very rare option in 1966. There were a total of 499,751 Hardtops made in that year and of them only 21,397 of them had a bench seat 66. In fact this option was more rare in 1967... 1969 was the last year this option was offered. Here is the list in order by percentage (most rare to less rare) based on the coupe production numbers.
67 - 2.5%
66 - 2.9%
68 - 3.8%
65 - 5.9%
69 - 80% (last year of offering)
1965 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 372,123
Hardtop (Luxury) - 22,232
Hardtop (Bench Seats) - 14,905
Convertible (Standard) - 65,663
Convertible (Luxury) - 5,338
Convertible (Bench Seats) - 2,111
Fastback (Standard) - 71,303
Fastback (Luxury) - 5,776
Indianapolis 500 Pace Car - 37
Total - 559,451
1966 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 422,416
Hardtop (Bench seats) - 21,397
Hardtop (Luxury) - 55,938
Convertible (Standard) - 56,409
Convertible (bench seats) - 3,190
Convertible (luxury) - 12,520
Fastback (standard) - 27,809
Fastback (luxury) - 7,889
Total - 607,568
1967 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 325,853
Hardtop (Bench seats) - 8,190
Hardtop (Luxury) - 22,228
Convertible (Standard) - 38,751
Convertible (bench seats) - 1,209
Convertible (luxury) - 4,848
Fastback (standard) - 53,651
Fastback (luxury) - 17,391
Total - 472,121
1968 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 233,472
Hardtop (Deluxe) - 9,009
Hardtop (bench seats) - 6,113
Hardtop (Deluxe bench seats) - 853
Convertible (standard) - 22,037
Convertible (deluxe) - 3,339
Fastback (Standard) - 33,585
Fastback (deluxe) - 7,661
Fastback (bench seats) - 1,079
Fastback (Deluxe bench seats) - 256
1969 PRODUCTION NUMBERSHardtop - 118,613
Deluxe hardtop - 5,210
Bench Seat hardtop - 4,131
Deluxe bench seat hardtop - 504
Hardtop Grande - 22,192
Fastback - 56,022
Deluxe Fastback - 5,958
Mach 1 - 72,458
Boss 302 - 1,628
Boss 429 - 859
Convertible - 11,307
Deluxe convertible - 3,439
67 - 2.5%
66 - 2.9%
68 - 3.8%
65 - 5.9%
69 - 80% (last year of offering)
1965 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 372,123
Hardtop (Luxury) - 22,232
Hardtop (Bench Seats) - 14,905
Convertible (Standard) - 65,663
Convertible (Luxury) - 5,338
Convertible (Bench Seats) - 2,111
Fastback (Standard) - 71,303
Fastback (Luxury) - 5,776
Indianapolis 500 Pace Car - 37
Total - 559,451
1966 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 422,416
Hardtop (Bench seats) - 21,397
Hardtop (Luxury) - 55,938
Convertible (Standard) - 56,409
Convertible (bench seats) - 3,190
Convertible (luxury) - 12,520
Fastback (standard) - 27,809
Fastback (luxury) - 7,889
Total - 607,568
1967 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 325,853
Hardtop (Bench seats) - 8,190
Hardtop (Luxury) - 22,228
Convertible (Standard) - 38,751
Convertible (bench seats) - 1,209
Convertible (luxury) - 4,848
Fastback (standard) - 53,651
Fastback (luxury) - 17,391
Total - 472,121
1968 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 233,472
Hardtop (Deluxe) - 9,009
Hardtop (bench seats) - 6,113
Hardtop (Deluxe bench seats) - 853
Convertible (standard) - 22,037
Convertible (deluxe) - 3,339
Fastback (Standard) - 33,585
Fastback (deluxe) - 7,661
Fastback (bench seats) - 1,079
Fastback (Deluxe bench seats) - 256
1969 PRODUCTION NUMBERSHardtop - 118,613
Deluxe hardtop - 5,210
Bench Seat hardtop - 4,131
Deluxe bench seat hardtop - 504
Hardtop Grande - 22,192
Fastback - 56,022
Deluxe Fastback - 5,958
Mach 1 - 72,458
Boss 302 - 1,628
Boss 429 - 859
Convertible - 11,307
Deluxe convertible - 3,439
ORIGINAL: mayh3m
mine came with a bench seat. tho that's up in the attic right now and it wont be seeing the car again for a while. i wasn't aware how rare they were. i know 67 produced 400,000 cars roughly, and of that, about 8,000 had bench seats. yea, i guess that is rare. it will definitely be going back in.
mine came with a bench seat. tho that's up in the attic right now and it wont be seeing the car again for a while. i wasn't aware how rare they were. i know 67 produced 400,000 cars roughly, and of that, about 8,000 had bench seats. yea, i guess that is rare. it will definitely be going back in.
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RE: bench seats?
ORIGINAL: slickman
It was a very rare option in 1966. There were a total of 499,751 Hardtops made in that year and of them only 21,397 of them had a bench seat 66. In fact this option was more rare in 1967... 1969 was the last year this option was offered. Here is the list in order by percentage (most rare to less rare) based on the coupe production numbers.
67 - 2.5%
66 - 2.9%
68 - 3.8%
65 - 5.9%
69 - 80% (last year of offering)
1965 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 372,123
Hardtop (Luxury) - 22,232
Hardtop (Bench Seats) - 14,905
Convertible (Standard) - 65,663
Convertible (Luxury) - 5,338
Convertible (Bench Seats) - 2,111
Fastback (Standard) - 71,303
Fastback (Luxury) - 5,776
Indianapolis 500 Pace Car - 37
Total - 559,451
1966 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 422,416
Hardtop (Bench seats) - 21,397
Hardtop (Luxury) - 55,938
Convertible (Standard) - 56,409
Convertible (bench seats) - 3,190
Convertible (luxury) - 12,520
Fastback (standard) - 27,809
Fastback (luxury) - 7,889
Total - 607,568
1967 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 325,853
Hardtop (Bench seats) - 8,190
Hardtop (Luxury) - 22,228
Convertible (Standard) - 38,751
Convertible (bench seats) - 1,209
Convertible (luxury) - 4,848
Fastback (standard) - 53,651
Fastback (luxury) - 17,391
Total - 472,121
1968 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 233,472
Hardtop (Deluxe) - 9,009
Hardtop (bench seats) - 6,113
Hardtop (Deluxe bench seats) - 853
Convertible (standard) - 22,037
Convertible (deluxe) - 3,339
Fastback (Standard) - 33,585
Fastback (deluxe) - 7,661
Fastback (bench seats) - 1,079
Fastback (Deluxe bench seats) - 256
1969 PRODUCTION NUMBERSHardtop - 118,613
Deluxe hardtop - 5,210
Bench Seat hardtop - 4,131
Deluxe bench seat hardtop - 504
Hardtop Grande - 22,192
Fastback - 56,022
Deluxe Fastback - 5,958
Mach 1 - 72,458
Boss 302 - 1,628
Boss 429 - 859
Convertible - 11,307
Deluxe convertible - 3,439
It was a very rare option in 1966. There were a total of 499,751 Hardtops made in that year and of them only 21,397 of them had a bench seat 66. In fact this option was more rare in 1967... 1969 was the last year this option was offered. Here is the list in order by percentage (most rare to less rare) based on the coupe production numbers.
67 - 2.5%
66 - 2.9%
68 - 3.8%
65 - 5.9%
69 - 80% (last year of offering)
1965 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 372,123
Hardtop (Luxury) - 22,232
Hardtop (Bench Seats) - 14,905
Convertible (Standard) - 65,663
Convertible (Luxury) - 5,338
Convertible (Bench Seats) - 2,111
Fastback (Standard) - 71,303
Fastback (Luxury) - 5,776
Indianapolis 500 Pace Car - 37
Total - 559,451
1966 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 422,416
Hardtop (Bench seats) - 21,397
Hardtop (Luxury) - 55,938
Convertible (Standard) - 56,409
Convertible (bench seats) - 3,190
Convertible (luxury) - 12,520
Fastback (standard) - 27,809
Fastback (luxury) - 7,889
Total - 607,568
1967 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 325,853
Hardtop (Bench seats) - 8,190
Hardtop (Luxury) - 22,228
Convertible (Standard) - 38,751
Convertible (bench seats) - 1,209
Convertible (luxury) - 4,848
Fastback (standard) - 53,651
Fastback (luxury) - 17,391
Total - 472,121
1968 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 233,472
Hardtop (Deluxe) - 9,009
Hardtop (bench seats) - 6,113
Hardtop (Deluxe bench seats) - 853
Convertible (standard) - 22,037
Convertible (deluxe) - 3,339
Fastback (Standard) - 33,585
Fastback (deluxe) - 7,661
Fastback (bench seats) - 1,079
Fastback (Deluxe bench seats) - 256
1969 PRODUCTION NUMBERSHardtop - 118,613
Deluxe hardtop - 5,210
Bench Seat hardtop - 4,131
Deluxe bench seat hardtop - 504
Hardtop Grande - 22,192
Fastback - 56,022
Deluxe Fastback - 5,958
Mach 1 - 72,458
Boss 302 - 1,628
Boss 429 - 859
Convertible - 11,307
Deluxe convertible - 3,439
ORIGINAL: mayh3m
mine came with a bench seat. tho that's up in the attic right now and it wont be seeing the car again for a while. i wasn't aware how rare they were. i know 67 produced 400,000 cars roughly, and of that, about 8,000 had bench seats. yea, i guess that is rare. it will definitely be going back in.
mine came with a bench seat. tho that's up in the attic right now and it wont be seeing the car again for a while. i wasn't aware how rare they were. i know 67 produced 400,000 cars roughly, and of that, about 8,000 had bench seats. yea, i guess that is rare. it will definitely be going back in.
Yeah the 256 you see under the the 68 in fastbacks with deluxe bench is the same one my dad owns. Its raven black gt 390 with maroon deluxe bench seat, and a 4 speed. According to Marti auto works, his particular car is one of 3 and as far as my research goes in th gt registry, there is only his left in the world, so the very rare. They were even more uncommon in 67-68's with a 4 speed becasue the biggest problem is you cant get the car into 4th beacsue the seat is in the damn way!!!
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RE: bench seats?
hey slickman, whats that other **** on your door panel? is that for the mirror?
do the bench seats mount in the same holes as the buckets?
what years are the bolt pattern the same? ie if i found a seat out of a different year, could i put it in if i got the upholstery for my year car? it sounds the 65-70 had the same pattern. is that correct? will 66 uphostery fit another years seat?
do the bench seats mount in the same holes as the buckets?
what years are the bolt pattern the same? ie if i found a seat out of a different year, could i put it in if i got the upholstery for my year car? it sounds the 65-70 had the same pattern. is that correct? will 66 uphostery fit another years seat?