[Thedeputy]

Hi,
Is it possible to put new cushions and vinyl covers from a 1970 plymouth barracuda on 1970 plymouth duster seats?
It's for my 1970 challenger deputy.

Thanks

Antoon

[dave-r]

I am told that the seats in the Deputy are in fact Barracuda seats. I have never seen one in real life myself.

[Thedeputy]

That's what I know as well.
I've seen a couple off deputy challengers come by on ebay, and they all had the standard barracuda covering on the buckets.
Only it's a bit difficult, read: very expensive, to buy a good set of 1970 barracuda seats in the Netherlands, and since I can get some 1970 duster seats for free, I might give them a try, and see how barracuda covers and foam fit them.
Then they would at least appear original.

Antoon

[dave-r]

Now i understand.

Well if the Duster seats are free it has to be worth a try.

I doubt they are exactly the same dimensions though.

[JackT]

If the seats themselves are the same, the difference between A and E body seats will be in the mounting tracks. These may be interchangeable as they are with B and E body bucket seats.

[Thedeputy]

I picked up the duster seats this week, and the basic form of an a-body seat seems to be exactely the same as an e-body seat.
Even the mounting points for the tracks are the same, so I'll just have to change the foam and covers and they bolt right into my challenger.

Antoon

[dave-r]

That's good to know!

Show us the finished result when you are done.

[Thedeputy]

Hmmm, that might take a few years. First have to get the body painted, and see how much cash I have left

Antoon

[dave-r]

Do the seats first. then you have someplace to sit while imagining your car all nicely painted.

[Thedeputy]

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This is what the car is going to look like when finished, only mine's going to have an additional black vinyl roof and a T/A style deck lid spoiler.

Antoon

[dave-r]

[Goldenblack440]

Excuse my ignorance, but what's a Challenger Deputy? Was it a special pack for farmers- a slant six or V8? Are they a collectable sort of thing?

[Eddie]

The Good Guys in the White hat's. Sheriff Joe Higgins from the Dodge Ads!

[dave-r]

Well.
If you go to my old website, The Dodge Challenger Home Page (cunningly linked to up in the title bar) you will find a little info on them.

The low priced Challenger Deputy (Option Code A93) was a mid-year introduction (March 1970) and continued until the end of 1971 model production.

This version of the Challenger was unique in several ways.

The car was similar to the base Challenger hardtop with the following exceptions ;

The rear quarter windows were fixed in place by leaving out the regulator and bolting the track.
The rear window winder was deleted and the hole plugged with a chrome button.
The standard engine was the 198 6 cyl. with the 225, 318 and 383 (2v and 4v) optional.
The seats were the cheaper standard Plymouth Barracuda seats in black or white only.
The steering wheel is coachman grain like the Barracuda.
Things like dual horns, cigar lighter and night/day rear mirror were optional.

[Goldenblack440]

Thanks for the info Dave- they surely must be collectable then as i can't see many of them surviving since they were a poverty pack from the beginning.

Interesting about the fixed rear window; According to my Year One Parts catalogue (nearly 2 inches thick with heaps of historical and interesting background info), Chrysler's own definition of a (2-door) Hardtop is a car having a wind down rear window, and a Coupe as having a fixed or hinged rear window, such as all our Australian Chargers had. So does this make the Deputy a Coupe? or just a Hardtop with fixed window? I think many B-body's were available in both Hardtop and Coupe versions (Coupe's cost less to make), but i have not yet seen an Ebody in a Coupe (ie fixed rear window) body style.