Bucket seat installation

[Mrbill426]

I just put the buckets in the 'Cuda and although it didn't come with any kind of spacers the seat bottoms seem to have a rake downward to the front.  I may try some but not too thick as it is indeed close sliding under the steering wheel.

*I have another question.  I wasn't until I cleaned up, painted, and lubricated the seat tracks to put them back on the seats that I noticed that both the right and left inboard (free sliding) tracks are identical in every way.  The results on my car (as it was when I bought it) are that the inboard track for the right seat has its "smooth" side facing the door, while inboard track on the left seat has its smooth side facing the console.  The left one seems correct to me.  .  The inboard tracks are slightly wedge shaped and I am "assuming"  they both mount to the floor with the taller end to the rear of the seat.  The outboard mounted adjusting tracks are both "flat" end to end.

Is this all correct or do I somehow have a pair of the same side (left?) free sliding tracks?

[Mrbill426]

Anyone know about those free sliding tracks?  I guess being under the seats out of sight it doesn't matter  , but it seems strange

[B5fourspeed]

I thought they never came in a Ebody.What ebody owner with an original car can say the spacer came with their car?

[anlauto]

I thought they never came in a Ebody.What ebody owner with an original car can say the spacer came with their car?

never heard of them in an E Body

[Mrbill426]

Probably not... mine did not.  Maybe because Roseville is offering them for A, B, & E bodies some folks think they are missing them  I admit I did for a while .  Classic Industries lists them too but just for A & B bodies.

I thought they never came in a Ebody.What ebody owner with an original car can say the spacer came with their car?

[Racer57]

I put them under the front of my seats because I felt like I was slipping forward.

[Mrbill426]

I sense the same but I'm going to drive it awhile before deciding to alter anything.  It hasn't been driven for over 10 years so I've forgotten.

I put them under the front of my seats because I felt like I was slipping forward.

[chargerdon]

Just an FYI...    For my 74 Challenger i scoured ebay a few years back and managed to find a Jeep  power seat track with working motors and the switch with a broken frame for $25.   First thing i did was weld back together the broken track...  no biggee.. 

It took a lot of work as the track mechanism is about 1 1/2 inches taller than the stock manual track and headroom and ESPECIALLY room for you legs under the steering wheel is a problem.   But after a lot of cutting and rewelding i got it to fit up into the seat.   

With this power track 6 way adjustable for both forward and back i get an increase in leg room when all the way back tho the limiting factor is the floor pan.   But yep more rear leg room.   This track also is adjustable for height either together or separately.  I.E i can raise or lower either the front or the back.   I like a bit of rake back personally, but again, that makes it a tight fit to get your legs in.   But it works.  Im 6 ft 1 inch so the leg room and rake were important to me.   

Incidentally the main reason for the power seat is so that my petite wife (5ft 4 inch) can see over the hood and be able to drive the car.   Hmmm she only has driven it once and was deathly afraid to push the gas pedal.   However, with good power brakes and steering it is actually mild to drive so long as you dont go beyond half throttle...   Oh well...