Thanks Gary, great info. The 1964 bucket seats I found in my 1962 Sport Fury are a bit puzzling. When I took off the seat covers today, the original foam is Mopar, but the seat covers have the name "Masland Duran" stamped on the inside. I Googled this company, and it appears they made furniture coverings in the 1950's & 1960's....I could not find any reference to them making car seats, or Chrysler using their material. But they really appear to be originals from Chrysler, I had to tear apart some of Chrysler's original factory foam to "un-stitch" the seat covers and remove them from the seats. But I guess it's possible an upholstery shop could have recovered the seats with this Masland Duran material at some point.
I spent quite a bit of time on-line looking at '64 cars. I think these may be out of a '64 Dodge Dart GT, the trim & shape look identical.
I'll have to get ahold of a few of the '62 owners who have bucket seats, to get some real good close-up photos of the upholstery, so I can have SMS follow that pattern.
Thanks again, I welcome other comments.
Wade
On Monday, June 15, 2020 at 8:13:29 PM UTC-6, 62-65-mail...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
As a general rule, the DNA of 1962 and 1963 is a closer match than that of 1962 and 1964. (1964 and 1965 are likewise
closer).
Here is are some general photos. I did not see any really good photos of seats though that showed the whole seat / bacl
& front.
1962 seats Sport Fury
https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/sc0517/sc0517-294323/images/sc0517-294323_5.jpg?1493676296000
versus
1964 seats Polara 500
https://usclassifieds4all.com/details.php?id=357179&listing=357179
To my eye the seats look similar but not identical. Better photos of original survivor care would help. Maybe someone
here can point out some.
FWIW, I'm not sure what the difference is, but the 1962 1963 and 1964 Plymouth and Dodge "manual seat, track"
bucket seats all have unique part numbers.
Here are some 1963 Sport Fury seats photos to compare to the 1962s.
https://www.cardealfinder.com/files/02-2020/ad97406/1963-plymouth-sport-fury-760790938_large.jpg
https://www.cardealfinder.com/files/02-2020/ad97406/1963-plymouth-sport-fury-603687581_large.jpg
Hope this get the ball rolling.
Thanks,
Gary H.
> -------Original Message-------
> Teammates,
>
> Back on 14 May, I posted some photos of my bucket seats in my 62 Sport
> Fury to see if you thought they were original to the car. I received
> mixed responses - some said they look just like the seats in their 62,
> and a couple of you said they resemble their 64 seats.
>
> Well, mystery solved: when I was taking off the seat covers, I found
> the part tag on the back of the seat that definitively indicates they
> are out of a 64 car.
>
> So now I'm wondering whether I should go find some 62 bucket seats, or
> whether I should just press ahead with the 64 seats. Does anyone know
> if the 62 & 64 bucket seats are essentially identical, with the
> exception of trim & upholstery options?
>
> Also, I'm wondering if the bucket seat cover was made in essentially
> the same way on the 62 & 64. I've included a few photos of the back of
> the driver's bucket seat cover - I don't know if this was a standard
> construction, but it attached just like a door panel (vinyl attached
> to Masonite-like material, which pops off with clips) I'm not sure if
> this was an aftermarket job, or if it was standard Mopar construction,
> and whether they also did this in 62 (???)
>
> I'm a little worried, since I'm taking off the seat covers to send to
> SMS for them to new ones. They can certainly copy what's on these 64
> seats, but I'd like the construction & appearance to be true to a 62
> if possible.
>
> Thanks for any advice -
>
> Wade --
> --
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