Unusual option Challenger convertible

[JH27N0B]

I didn't think the front bench seat option was available on Challenger convertibles?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/203526224567?hash=item2f631bbab7%3Ag%3A08kAAOSwGxNg2aWh&LH_ItemCondition=3000%7C1000%7C2500

[cuda hunter]

beautiful car.     V5F   is a super cool option.    Gold interior on gf7 is a great combo as well. 

[cuda hunter]

 

[anlauto]

That looks cool, even though it's coded for bucket seats 

[JH27N0B]

Ok, that's what I thought that it was added.  I didn't know the codes off the top of my head.
I'm often reminded of a guy who talked to me at a cruise one time who said he special ordered a 70 FC7 Challenger convertible from Mr Norms with a front bench seat, so he could get close with his girlfriend while he drove in it.
He still bears a grudge as he lost his job not long after he put in the order and paid a $500 deposit, and tried to cancel, but Mr Norm wouldn't return his deposit as the car would be "hard to sell" when it arrived.
He has always wondered what happened to "his" car.
I wonder if they were able to order it that way, or were just going to swap seats with another car?
And why wasn't the bench seat option available on convertibles?
For that matter, why wasn't cloth offered?  I love my convertible but if I could change one thing, I'd have checked the cloth seat option... if it was available.

[anlauto]

this one looks right at home in there especially with the odd colour....could it be a factory screw up ? Seems like an odd upgrade for someone to do

[autoxcuda]

this one looks right at home in there especially with the odd colour....could it be a factory screw up ? Seems like an odd upgrade for someone to do

Floor shift auto (correction) where not standard in 71 Challengers or Challenger R/T's.

Of course this is a regular 71 Challenger model since it's a convertible

[YYZ]

Theoretically, bucket seats were not available in E-body ragtops.

So it's either a factory error, or a prior owner may have thought that column shift meant bench seat only.

[autoxcuda]

Theoretically, bucket seats were not available in E-body ragtops.

So it's either a factory error, or a prior owner may have thought that column shift meant bench seat only.

My bad I was putting the console auto and bench seat as combined in my head. Which is wrong.

If you didn't order optional console auto, you got a column auto standard.

If you ordered bench, you couldn't order console auto.

[70vert]

hmm, $35k seems cheap (good deal) for a convertible in that condition. I don't follow 71's closely but but a clean, driveable, with decent paint & interior should bring more than that.

[RzeroB]

I didn't think the front bench seat option was available on Challenger convertibles?

You are absolutely right Brad. Per the dealership interior color and trim guide, it clearly states that the H4-- bench seat interior was NOT available in convertibles. Now if you asked me "why" it wasn't available ... well then there you got me because I'm now wondering about why it wasn't available in a 'vert too?? 

[JH27N0B]

The other thing that I wonder about with Challenger convertible interiors is why the cloth insert seats weren't available?  That is one option I'd love to have in mine rather than getting burned sitting down on a hot vinyl seat after the car has been parked in the sun with the top down!

[Skdmark]

The other thing that I wonder about with Challenger convertible interiors is why the cloth insert seats weren't available?  That is one option I'd love to have in mine rather than getting burned sitting down on a hot vinyl seat after the car has been parked in the sun with the top down!

I always found that one strange too.
Maybe they were concerned about water/rain. Vinyl seats won't absorb water the same way as cloth inserts.

IMO a 71 Cuda convertible in Torred with the H5XV seats would be gorgeous.

[anlauto]

The other thing that I wonder about with Challenger convertible interiors is why the cloth insert seats weren't available?  That is one option I'd love to have in mine rather than getting burned sitting down on a hot vinyl seat after the car has been parked in the sun with the top down!

Mahbe they were concerned about water/rain. Vinyl seats won't absorb water the same way as cloth inserts.

I would think that thought process would be a logical reason 

[7E-Bodies]

@cuda hunter I have the V5F option on mine. Just got done restoring all 6 pieces.