chaparral2f
Active Member
Did Chrysler ever offer a split bench fold down seat for it's second seat in a C Body. I was thinking about putting one in my '68 Town & Country.
So Chrysler never offered a split bench in any year C Body wagon?No, at least not that I know of. All wagon rear seats went all the way down. Not half.View attachment 286104
So Chrysler never offered a split bench in any year C Body wagon?
He's asking about the center seat in a wagon. Did it ever come with a split back?If you mean the front seat with a one-piece bottom and a split back with a fold down center arm rest, the answer is yes for years 69-72 at least.
He's asking about the center seat in a wagon. Did it ever come with a split back?
I agree.I´m with @SportFury70, so no.
Ok thanks@chaparral2f, If you mean a split bench in the front, yes. Not in the back no.
I was just wanting it so that someone could still sit back there with only one side of the seat folded down for storageThe whole idea of the 50-50 "Split Bench" was the separate seat cushions, not just the "lean back" seat backs. NO need to have separate seat cushions in a wagon 2nd seat, as they didn't move front to back, as the front 50-50 split bench seat cushions would.
In the 2000s Malibu MAX and Cadillac SRX, the rear seat cushion would move about 2" front to back. NOT a lot, but something to talk about. I suspect everybody pushed them to the full-rearward position (for max legroom) and left them there.
On wagons, usually, the 2nd seat cushion flipped up and then the seat back flipped down, to make that flat load floor all the way to the tailgate. On modern SUVs, with 3rd row seating, the 2nd row seat seat backs are split, usually 60-40, to allow entrance to the front-facing 3rd row seat. Such was not needed with the earlier station wagon (even for the full-size Fords of the '65+ model years) as the 3rd seat area was accessed via the tailgate opening.
CBODY67
I was just wanting it so that someone could still sit back there with only one side of the seat folded down for storage
Thanks I think I will leave well enough alone.You would need to graft-in a later model seat, a designated 2nd row seat, with all of the necessary hinges and such for flip the seat cushion forward so the seat back will fold down. And THAT could well be a big task. Dependent upon floorpan shapes and such between the new seat and what the '68 floor pan might offer. I suspect that any more modern seat would not be quite as wide as the '68 seat is.
With any seat change, there can also be some safety liability issues that might (key word) come into play. Secure anchoring of the seat itself, plus seat belts for all passengers back there. Just an advisory.
Of course, you might graft-in the 2-dr seat backs onto the existing 2nd seat cushion, but then you'd lose the capability of folding the seat flat for cargo. PLUS any related welding of the seat frame items between the two seat types.
End result is that you could spend close to what the whole car's worth just to have the 2nd row seat you might desire. AND for it to "look factory", too. Your money, your desires, your car.
Just some thoughts,
CBODY67