I'm considering replacing my stock buckets with some newer, more comfortable, more supportive, reclinable seats. The plan would be to have them upholstered white vinyl with black/white houndstooth inserts (I've seen houndstooth material available in the past).

Has anyone had success with any particular seats ie: 4th gen Camaro/Firebird, Fiero, or whatever? As I'm going through the boneyard, are there any particular measurements I should have/make to determine a suitable fit? I'm assuming I'll have to fab some sort of adapter to mount the tracks to my floorboard...any suggestions/cautions for that process?

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'69 Garnet Red Convertible, Ivory over black, 350 w/turbo 400

p-d-t
I put 97 firebird seats in my el camino. Not a camaro, but the problems are similar. I mounted them on electric tracks from an early eldorado. I used some solid aluminum block cut to the correct thickness to level them. 2 things (at least) you need to be aware of.

1-I used the stock forward outside mount hole to locate the seats..drilled 3 other holes and oops WRONG-O! The seat was not centered on the steering wheel, so be forwarned.

2-Put some type of a reinforcing plate on the underside of the bolts. You don't want the seat bolts pulling thru the floor in your first panic stop.

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Rick Schaefer
72 El Camino (http://members.home.net/jimmy4/rick1972elky.html)
TPI350/700r4 (http://chevelles.com/showroom/ricks%20motor%20-L)

68 Camaro

I have a '67 Camaro and am looking into late model F-body seats for mine as well. Have you had any luck so far with seats for your '69?

Check out some of the 97 issues of Car Craft. Remember the 67 convertible with the LT-1 conversion and they used 30th anniversary seats recovered in white houndstooth.

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68 RS, Ash Gold,pwr windows,Hounds tooth

I was doing a search and ran across this post. I am looking to do the same thing. Anyone have updated info on replacing stock bucket seats with late model seats? Thanks

I replaced mine with 2001 Mercury Cougar power leather seats. These have great support on the sides and are very comfortable. I never like the feel of the late F-body seats

It was a tight squeeze, but they fit. Now I need to match the rest of the interior to the seats.

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Matt Jones
1969 Base Camaro
Vortec 355, Perf. RPM, Demon Carb., TH-400
All sheetmetal is NOS GM
See my UPDATED webpage at: http://www.geocities.com/compuboy007/ (Updated: 1/13/03)

People have installed Fiero seats and say they are an easy setup. I was thinking of going that route, but the wife wants the factory seats. I have to do what Mama says.
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Joe
1969 Camaro - The Hole-y Grail Project
HwyStar@Rochester.rr.com
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1970 Malibu (http://home.rochester.rr.com/hwystar/page2.html)

I installed 95 Firebird seats in mine. I modified my 69 tracks to work with the seats, then bolted the seats in. I found that the recliner mechanism sits right on top of the seat belt retractor, so I moved the seats toward the console about 1/2" The seat is not really centered on the stearing wheel, but thats not a huge deal.
I am going to get aftermarket leather covers for the front, and have a cover made for the rears to match.