what cars have front bench seats?

oflynno

i know the zodiac has them and the rover p4,what other cars have front bench seats?

i wouldnt mind getting my hands on one,i have a toyota hilux 2wd bench seat already but it doesnt look the greatest

Max_Damage

Most large American cars from the 80's and before have front bench seats.

corktina

mk 1 2 and 3 Cortinas

Sids Not

corktina wrote: »

mk 1 2 and 3 Cortinas

Really.?...mk 2's and 3's...

I had the front bench from the Consul for free.......before christmas......:rolleyes:

corktina

really....ive even seen TWO DOORS with bench seat (saw two for sale THE SAME DAY in Dublin about 5 years back...

Mk3s were scarcer but I have seen one reasonably recently (at a show in UK where bench seats were all much rarer BUT if they had them there its a safe bet they had them here where they were much much popular)

theres a reference hre for instance
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=868219&mid=0&i=0&nmt=Front%20bench%20seats&mid=0

Sids Not

Did they have column changers or auto....?

mecanoman

Column change on the MK2 Cortina 1300 Delux with the bench seat.

Father had quite a few

corktina

heres a link about one on ebay...no pics though

http://www.buysellcortina.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=26885&hl=bench+mk3

corktina

pic at last...took some finding....1972 Mk3 Cortina

corktina

Sids Not wrote: »

Did they have column changers or auto....?

both (not at the same time though :-)

Tomebagel

Vauxhall victor

1948Wolseley

Early Rover P5's had them too, along with loads of stuff from the mid Fifties back to the dawn of (motoring) time. As already mentioned, they remained popular in American cars until much more recently. I'm open to correction, but I reckon the Lincoln Town Car is the only car (as opposed to truck, and not counting police interceptor Crown Vics and the like) still in production with a front bench seat.

G Luxel

1948Wolseley wrote: »

Early Rover P5's had them too, along with loads of stuff from the mid Fifties back to the dawn of (motoring) time. As already mentioned, they remained popular in American cars until much more recently. I'm open to correction, but I reckon the Lincoln Town Car is the only car (as opposed to truck, and not counting police interceptor Crown Vics and the like) still in production with a front bench seat.

yep, you are right, here's proof....:D

Sids Not

Nothing like the bench seats i'm use to..........

Run_to_da_hills

Early Opel Records,

Early type 2's (Mine has a one piece across bench with lap belts)..

macplaxton

I had a Wolseley 16/60, which wasn't a single bench seat, but a split front "bench" - two seats side by side, right hand handbrake and column selector auto. Used to sometimes convey 6 in the car, but only if a fit burd would take the middle.

oflynno

cool,thanks people

the mk3 cortina with a front bench seat as standard??
that must be rare

i must do some measuring and see what fits,the mk3 cortina could take a 4 foot long front bench(i measured from the edge of one seat to the other,roughly)

i was worried that the transmission tunnel would be in the way but i dont think that will be a problem

1948Wolseley

G Luxel wrote: »

yep, you are right, here's proof....:D

They did their best to make it look like the car has bucket seats in that shot, but I can assure you it's a bench. The centre armrest folds up to make the middle seat, and there's a centre seatbelt there too.

alastair

Sids Not wrote: »

Nothing like the bench seats i'm use to..........

It looks like the centre console swings up to made a 'sorta' bench seat:

kasper

a nice mk3 cortinaon donedeal today with bench seats westmeath reg for a cool 8900 euros

corktina

now that would be worth buying but niot at that price....