Dart Swinger seat covers . . . need help

Hey Popdart. Those buckets in your car are from a 74 Valiant Brougham or 74 Dart Special Edition 4 door. Hence the lack of the hardware to tilt them forward. I have some good news for you on that subject. If you remove the outer hinge cover you will see a solid bracket around two posts. One on the top seat frame and one on the bottom frame. This small bracket about 2 inches long is all that is holding the seat upright. There is a small alan head screw on the bottom side of the bracket that must be unscrewed. Then you can pull it off and the seats will tilt forward. Only problem is now there is no way to keep the seats in an upright position on braking and while driving you wont notice but that passenger seat back will be falling forward and banging the dash whan you stop the car. This is a problem but I can solve it for you. I once used a 73 Charger with a bench seat in it and the locking hardware was the same hardware used on them a body seats. In adition 71 up Sattelites and Coronet 2 doors also have the same hardware. They even use the same hinge covers with the proper hole cut into it for the locking knob. Just hit a boneyard and look for a car with a seat and pull the hinge cover. All that is needed is there. A 'c'' clip holds the locking bracket on and behind it is a plasic washer. There is also a small spring on the back of the bracket that needs to be removed. This is all that is there and all you will need. It will fit directly on to your seats and when installed you will have functioning buckets. I went through this myself with my Dart Sport putting the same types of seats in.

I just realized you are in Howell Michigan. You may not have much luck finding a needed car in a boneyard. There isnt many decent Mopars in junkyards around here that have not been stripped out prior to being put out in the yard. You can maybe hook up on Moparts and cruise the B body section for someone stripping out a needed car or Craigslist always has something on it. If you need any help drop me a line at [email protected] or pm me on the board.
Chas.