Question about seats in a Stocker

herbjr · 05-10-2009, 09:42 PM

Do you need the exact year of the seat to match the car. Dodge's and Plymouth racers do you prefer the high back or low back seats?

Herb Jr

Jeff Lee · 05-11-2009, 12:10 AM

That issue became a non-issue once NHRA placed it in the rule book as "factory type". That's about as vague as you can get. The seats in my AMX when raced in Stock were from a "Renault Le Car Ralley" as Renault once was a partner with AMC.

Now that this AMX is a Super Stocker, I have the same seats and they look very similar to a Porche 911

And I have never sat in a drag race car with a better fitting seat. Found them in a wrecking yard front office for $100 each and the upholstry was great!

Food for thought; I've always thought what looked best was the period correct look. In other words, a '70 Challenger high back just doesnt look right in a '68 GTS and the opposite is true. If your building a '70+ mopar, a cheap very light high back seat is an Omni or other K car. Also take a look at a VW Rabbit or similar. You can pull springs and hardware out of some of these import seats and have a 15#-18# seat with solid mounting (which is legal).

Tom keedle · 05-11-2009, 03:25 AM

so, this american i'm building (for stock) can run a pair of buckets?
i'd love to replace the split bench reclining seats that're in it now....

herbjr · 05-11-2009, 02:22 PM

There is a grey area here I think.

JRyan · 05-11-2009, 02:50 PM

Herb,
I'll go along with Jeff on this one. We ran a Nova the last couple years in stock. It had buckets from a mid nineties Camaro in it. Very nice seats with factory type upholestry on them. We took the rule as Jeff did it says factory type. Technically they are a factory seat so should be legal by their definition. We were teched at one national last year and a couple national opens over the last two years and not once did they ever even comment about it.
I like the having the correct seat for the car but if the seat is upholestered with factory type material and the seat isn't made from plastic or aluminum I don't see the harm.

Rick Ryan

Mark Yacavone · 05-11-2009, 05:51 PM

I don't think they would want to see bucket seats in something like a 2 dr Biscayne, or worse yet ,in a 4 dr. But then again, who knows, nowadays.

magnumv8 · 05-11-2009, 05:56 PM

I am building a Dakota stocker and among the questions I asked tech when I called them was about the seats...since some were built with bucket seats they didn't have a problem with any type seat I wanted to put in it as long as it had some type of upholstery on it....

05-10-2009, 09:42 PM	#1
herbjr VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 1,027 Likes: 1 Liked 83 Times in 32 Posts	Question about seats in a Stocker Do you need the exact year of the seat to match the car. Dodge's and Plymouth racers do you prefer the high back or low back seats? Herb Jr

05-11-2009, 12:10 AM	#2
Jeff Lee VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Anthem, Arizona Posts: 2,766 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Question about seats in a Stocker That issue became a non-issue once NHRA placed it in the rule book as "factory type". That's about as vague as you can get. The seats in my AMX when raced in Stock were from a "Renault Le Car Ralley" as Renault once was a partner with AMC. Now that this AMX is a Super Stocker, I have the same seats and they look very similar to a Porche 911 And I have never sat in a drag race car with a better fitting seat. Found them in a wrecking yard front office for $100 each and the upholstry was great! Food for thought; I've always thought what looked best was the period correct look. In other words, a '70 Challenger high back just doesnt look right in a '68 GTS and the opposite is true. If your building a '70+ mopar, a cheap very light high back seat is an Omni or other K car. Also take a look at a VW Rabbit or similar. You can pull springs and hardware out of some of these import seats and have a 15#-18# seat with solid mounting (which is legal). __________________ Jeff Lee 7494 D/S '70 AMX Last edited by Jeff Lee; 05-11-2009 at 12:15 AM.

05-11-2009, 03:25 AM	#3
Tom keedle Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Berthoud, Coloraduh Posts: 695 Likes: 13 Liked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Question about seats in a Stocker so, this american i'm building (for stock) can run a pair of buckets? i'd love to replace the split bench reclining seats that're in it now....

05-11-2009, 02:22 PM	#4
herbjr VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 1,027 Likes: 1 Liked 83 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Question about seats in a Stocker There is a grey area here I think.

05-11-2009, 02:50 PM	#5
JRyan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen SD Posts: 645 Likes: 30 Liked 112 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Question about seats in a Stocker Herb, I'll go along with Jeff on this one. We ran a Nova the last couple years in stock. It had buckets from a mid nineties Camaro in it. Very nice seats with factory type upholestry on them. We took the rule as Jeff did it says factory type. Technically they are a factory seat so should be legal by their definition. We were teched at one national last year and a couple national opens over the last two years and not once did they ever even comment about it. I like the having the correct seat for the car but if the seat is upholestered with factory type material and the seat isn't made from plastic or aluminum I don't see the harm. Rick Ryan

05-11-2009, 05:51 PM	#6
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,806 Likes: 2,895 Liked 5,107 Times in 1,946 Posts	Re: Question about seats in a Stocker I don't think they would want to see bucket seats in something like a 2 dr Biscayne, or worse yet ,in a 4 dr. But then again, who knows, nowadays. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

05-11-2009, 05:56 PM	#7
magnumv8 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Coraopolis, Pa. Posts: 172 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Question about seats in a Stocker I am building a Dakota stocker and among the questions I asked tech when I called them was about the seats...since some were built with bucket seats they didn't have a problem with any type seat I wanted to put in it as long as it had some type of upholstery on it....