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plumfloored
Posted 2015-10-02 10:48 PM (#491235)
Subject: 1960 or 1961 imperial swivel seats option or standard


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Where swivel seats standard in 1960 imperial s or was it an option. Also were they available in 1961?
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JT Vincent
Posted 2015-10-03 3:08 AM (#491250 - in reply to #491235)
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Yep. Technically any MoPar from 1959-61. I hope someone corrects me if I'm wrong. I had a couple swivel seat cars. Nice and goofy, but I never used them except to show off.
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imopar380
Posted 2015-10-03 10:12 PM (#491323 - in reply to #491250)
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They were optional in all models 1959-1961
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wizard
Posted 2015-10-04 3:36 AM (#491344 - in reply to #491235)
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Yes, Ian is spot on, just wanted to add that the automatic swivel seats was one year only - '60.
As Jon writes, they're more show off than practical, but they're more comfortable as seats in comparison to the bench seats.

As for show-off factor, the reaction is totally surprised spectators that really cannot grasp that these seats existed even back in '59.
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Windsor59
Posted 2015-10-04 6:48 AM (#491348 - in reply to #491344)
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It was new fore me Sven: .....just wanted to add that the automatic swivel seats was one year only - '60.
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wizard
Posted 2015-10-04 8:51 AM (#491351 - in reply to #491235)
Subject: Re: 1960 or 1961 imperial swivel seats option or standard



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I think that it's very difficult to mount the automatic swivel seats in a '59 and '61 Jocke. The A-pillar is different for to accept the torsion springs that balance the doors to the extra spring force.

Then the parts are rare and difficult to find and the construction had flaws and needs to be improved.

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imopar380
Posted 2015-10-04 6:37 PM (#491392 - in reply to #491235)
Subject: Re: 1960 or 1961 imperial swivel seats option or standard



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My Saratoga was biult with the automatic swivel seats - not working, cables broken. I removed the door jamb torsion bars and brackets, and seat return springs and sold them to a guy who wanted to restore the automatic action on his 1960 Dodge Phoenix. I asked him to keep me informed but so far I haven't heard anything fro him. I generally use my swivel seats manually to get in and out - I do find it easier to get in and out ! Before I removed the seat return springs under the back side of the seats, I was unable to easily use the seats for entry and exit as the seats always wanted to pull themselves back in. Now it's much easier.


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JT Vincent
Posted 2015-10-04 7:29 PM (#491397 - in reply to #491392)
Subject: Re: 1960 or 1961 imperial swivel seats option or standard



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I actually made fake ones with bucket seats from a 66 Charger, recently. They look almost exactly the same, although they don't swivel. Jeff Nichols has one of my 59 DeSotos with the correct seats. The manual ones always worked fine, but especially when I was young and spry, I didn't bother to use the feature much. I guess as we get older, those cars , especially the coupes, get a little harder to get into. My DeSoto's seat is only 18 inches or so from the ground. After all these years, I still hit my head on the roof sometimes, and I'm not a tall person.
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