Re: {FORGED?} Hornet Interior Progress - slim-back buckets...

[Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> On May 13, 2005 Frank Swygert wrote:
> 
> > doc, didn't you mention Javelin or slim-back
> bucket seats are in the car? IIRC all AMC slim
> buckets are the same, and all the reclining low back
> buckets are the same (in small cars anyway 


  Sorry, but this is NOT the case in my experience. I
have a '72 Gremlin ( one of eight Gremlins I own from
'71 to '78) with '70 style Javelin bucket seats,
meaning a FULL plastic back-shell, and lever seat
release. Later high-back slim type buckets appear in
later Gremlins, but are different than the earlier
Javelin-style, they have a smaller backshell, with the
release relocated. I wouldnt' call them the "same"
under any circumstances, except for general design.
They look similar from a distance, but are not exactly
the same. Maybe the seat part is the same, with a
different shell. I don't have a later Gremlin with the
slim high-back buckets myself, but have seen them, and
they are different than the '70 Javelin/'72 Gremlin
seats I have ( I also have a '70 Javelin with high
buckets, and they ARE identical to my '72 Gremlin
seats ). The Gremlin buckets are an optional upgrade
in the listings, from what I read and found out. I
presume the Hornet could get the same items. A '73
Gremlin I was buying parts off of had a slim-back high
bucket, but with a release in the top center of the
seat...it was a 1-year only design, according to
another Gremlin owner. I'd never seen the center back
release before. But the bucket was similar to the
slim-back slim shelled seats I'd seen before
otherwise. So there are some variations out there. Not
sure what they all are, though. I can only speak from
my personal cars and parts cars and show cars I've
seen. 

- Jerry Casper -


		
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