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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 01:33 PM
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Question bench seat positioning

68 RR-- wanna slide bench seat back more, but will not go. If I could go just one more notch I'd have more leg room. I'm 5'9" but still cramped. Anyone else have this problem?
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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 01:27 AM
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Not to my knowledge. Are you sure nothing is jammed in the seat tracks such as toothpicks or dirt?
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 02:30 PM
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I was actually about to post this same question lol

I'm a bit on the hefty side and even with the bench pushed all the way back, I still feel a bit cramped

And the school bus steering wheel doesn't help much either.

As it is, I have to cover the brake with my left foot cause when I drive with my right foot only, my knee hits the wheel every time I switch pedals


I know there has to be a fix for this since the majority of Mopars owners I see at the car shows are usually bigger than I am lol
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 02:48 PM
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I'm going strictly from memory here since the last bench seat car I had was in '89 but seems like it had a little higher seat bottom than the buckets. That was a '69 RR, I'm pretty short legged but I also would hit my leg on the steering wheel when going from gas to brake, didn't have that issue in my second '69 that had bucket seats. No problem with either car using the clutch though. Small potatoes compared to a friend of mine, boy's 6'6" if an inch, has a '73 Cuda 340 4 speed. Hilarious watching him drive, he can't put his hands at 10 and 2 because his knees are at 9 and 3; he has to move his left leg to use the turn signal!
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Old Mar 23, 2013 | 01:12 PM
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Mine is good at 6'1. Ya'll must have automatics. I hadda scoot the seat way up to mash the clutch down to the floor.
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Old Mar 23, 2013 | 05:21 PM
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Well there is adjustments at the bottom on most seat brackets. It shouldn't make that much of a difference. Some cars also had two sets of holes in the floor about 3 inches apart for the seat location as well. If you look underneath the car you can see where the 5 1/6 stud comes through the floor with the wide washer on it. If there is a second set of holes about 3 inches behind where it is you can move the seat back that far. Not usual though.

If you have adjustable brackets you may need to unbolt the seat to get at them. The lower bracket will have small flat carriage bolts with nuts on the inside there is a groove on them about an inch long with an L shape going down for adjusting seat height.
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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 08:32 AM
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Thanks to all of you. Yes, it is a slush-box! I'll try the suggestions .
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