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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

the black leather stock bucket seats from a 72 plymouth roadrunner,
not the bench seats.
will they fit in my 1992 RS camaro?
if so what do I need? and has anybody else used them?
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

almost any seat will fit in your car. What you need to do is see if you can put the 3rd gen seat brackets on the Roadrunner seats. If you can accomplish that, then you should be able to bolt them up to your car...
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 01:11 PM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

And there is always the option of custom making seat mounts, and/or redrilling holes in the existing brackets, to put on an "adapter" bracket, which is done all the time.
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

If they're like the high back leather buckets I had in my '72 Charger (and they probably are), then I think they'll sit a bit too high in a Thirdgen...I'd just sit them inside w/o the brackets to see what it looks like...
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 01:33 PM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

Well I'm 16 and on the short side, i'm 5"4 so sitting high
isn't really a problem for me, I wanted higher seats anyway.
Another question, how hard are these seats to find?
I want them but if it's going to cost too much I can just buy
a pair of custom seats.
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 03:24 PM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

Buddy if those seats are in good shape you could probably buy 2 sets of Third/4thgen leather seats for what those are worth. Besides those old school seats feel like an old couch with a spring matress.

Mopar parts are rare sell those and make some cash to get the proper seats.

edit: wait you don't even own a set of these road runner seats?
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 05:57 PM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

yeah, if you don't already have those seats, then you're gonna have to shell out $$ to get a decent set...and like stated, they probably aren't comfortable (compared to newer racing seats)... good luck...
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 06:31 PM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

Well that about kills my hope haha, I've just always like those old school seats. But I'll probably buy some new sport seats.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:17 AM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

Originally Posted by carlisha57
Almost any seat will fit in your car. What you need to do is see if you can put the 4th gen seat brackets on the Roadrunner seats. If you can accomplish that, then you should be able to bolt them up to your car.Bucket seat increases the style of the car.
4th gen seat brackets are virtually the same as 3rd gen brackets, so 3rd gen brackets would fit just as easily as 4th gen brackets.

And....No 3rd gen has ever come from the factory with a bench seat.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 09:30 AM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

Originally Posted by Duke!
Well that about kills my hope haha, I've just always like those old school seats. But I'll probably buy some new sport seats.
It is YOUR car, not ours.

If YOU like them, and YOU want them, then do it. We don't have to like it. We're not the ones riding in it. We don't have to agree with or even like your choices. Only YOU do.

I can see how a couple of posts indicated that they may be "rare" in the Mopar community & you could possibly buy them cheap, resell them, buy new/different seats & have still have cash left over. Something to think about. More $ = more mods!
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

Well I was only going to buy them if I could pull a clean set from a junkyard or buy a cheap set from somebody. I do like the style of the 72 roadrunner seats, but I don't like them enough to hunt everywhere for them, or spend more than I would on brand new sport seats, or 4th gen seats, I'm looking at some leather 4th gen seats right now, I guess we'll see what happens, I'm keeping my options open.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 12:01 PM
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Re: 72 Roadrunner bucket seats.

http://www.shophyperformance.com/cgi...FUaPOAoddk41ew

Big selection of seats at reasonable prices.
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