Do Stockers need correct year seats?

Travis Miller · 04-11-2010, 09:01 AM

Upholstery does not matter. Seats do. In recent years racers have been "caught" with 4-door front seats in 2-door cars. 4-door front seats do not have seat backs that fold forward allowing access to rear seat area, making them lighter weight. A few years ago a well known racer was told to remove his late model Econoline bucket seats from his early Mopar max wedge. He claimed he could not find an original bench seat. When he was told not to come back until he had the correct seat, he showed up at the next national event with a seat that matched the rest of the interior perfectly.

If the stock seat rule was to be "liberalized" allowing any seat as long as it was from the same manufacturer, it would not be long before all Mopars would all be using Bostrom buckets from '68 hemi cars, all Chevys would be using seats from '67 Camaros, and Fords would be installing buckets out of '65 Mustangs.

Everyone knows that seat swaps in Stock are to gain class advantage by way of lighter weight. If someone is running a rare or older car that has hard to find interior parts, then they just need to keep searching until they find the correct seats. Stock Eliminator does not need anymore liberalized rules!

Travis

(Disclaimer: Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)

04-11-2010, 09:01 AM	#7
Travis Miller Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 478 Likes: 1 Liked 276 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Do Stockers need correct year seats? Upholstery does not matter. Seats do. In recent years racers have been "caught" with 4-door front seats in 2-door cars. 4-door front seats do not have seat backs that fold forward allowing access to rear seat area, making them lighter weight. A few years ago a well known racer was told to remove his late model Econoline bucket seats from his early Mopar max wedge. He claimed he could not find an original bench seat. When he was told not to come back until he had the correct seat, he showed up at the next national event with a seat that matched the rest of the interior perfectly. If the stock seat rule was to be "liberalized" allowing any seat as long as it was from the same manufacturer, it would not be long before all Mopars would all be using Bostrom buckets from '68 hemi cars, all Chevys would be using seats from '67 Camaros, and Fords would be installing buckets out of '65 Mustangs. Everyone knows that seat swaps in Stock are to gain class advantage by way of lighter weight. If someone is running a rare or older car that has hard to find interior parts, then they just need to keep searching until they find the correct seats. Stock Eliminator does not need anymore liberalized rules! Travis (Disclaimer: Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)