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69barri 
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 Topic: Seats for ’69 BarracudaPosted: February-27-2009 at 9:09pm |
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The front two bolstered seats on my 1969 Barracuda have been reduced to a pile of sawdust. I would love to stay original and would appreciate any help on the subject.
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Gary S
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Posted: March-01-2009 at 2:01am |
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Hard to tell by your pic's what seats you have. Can you post a picture of one?
In your diary pictures, is that last one the cut in Key Largo? |
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Riley
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Posted: March-01-2009 at 11:03am |
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JiminHuston reverse engineered the older wooden seats on the 60's Correct Crafts. It's in a thread somewhere, although I have a copy of the file and will email it to you if you'd like it.
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69barri
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Posted: March-02-2009 at 7:12pm |
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The last picture on my profile is from the cut in Key Largo, we took the Barracuda and my dad's 1966 Wildcat to the keys over the summer and had a lot of fun snorkeling and scuba diving from them. Both boats ran great. I would really appreciate it if Riley could email a copy of those seats, my email is
mikesemail678@yahoo.com Thanks so much |
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Gary S
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Posted: March-02-2009 at 9:20pm |
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You must have the flater bench type than the buckets then.You were real close to my parents winter place when you go thru the cut,they are on the Blackwater Sound side. Pretty HOT there in the summer.
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TRBenj
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Posted: March-03-2009 at 6:56pm |
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Michael, what do you mean by "pile of sawdust"? CC switched to fiberglass buckets (from the wood framed) in mid '68, and based on the pics in your profile thats whats in your '69 (as they should be).
Im not sure whats wrong with the ones youve got, but Im sure that repairing them is your best option. There are several of us looking for the buckets themselves- they dont come up for sale very often (or ever)! H2loo's thread My thread Ive just about resorted to making a few myself from scratch. |
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Riley
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Posted: March-03-2009 at 7:19pm |
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Mike, I sent the file to you this AM.
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69barri
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Posted: March-03-2009 at 10:31pm |
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My seats were made with a wooden frame, same as the engine cover and the rear seat. I am not sure about the fiberglass models, but my boat is titled as a 1969 and the seats were wooden that I bought it with.
Riley, I appreciate the plans you sent me, they are different from what I had originally but should work just fine. I plan on constructing some of my own. Thanks again. |
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Riley
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Posted: March-03-2009 at 10:45pm |
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69, What program opens that file? I have a new computer and it doesn;t seem to reconize the file.
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69barri
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Posted: March-04-2009 at 2:33am |
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I used my girlfriend's mac book pro and it just opened it automatically, sorry.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: March-04-2009 at 11:59am |
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Michael,
Did you get the wrong picture in your profile? Tims correct that the picture shows the glass buckets. On different models, the wood bench with the backs split in the middle or on the port side were still used till the end of the Cuda. Does this sound like what you have? |
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TRBenj
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Posted: March-04-2009 at 12:46pm |
Michael, Im confused- is this not your boat in the diaries? 
They look like the fiberglass buckets to me. Do your seats have aluminum brackets or do the bases sit right on the floor? More pictures of the fiberglass buckets:  
 
 
 
The wood framed seats used through mid '68 are much squarer and have no aluminum brackets:  
 
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Riley
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Posted: March-04-2009 at 12:50pm |
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The wood seats are much cooler. They look like the big buckets GM used in the 60's.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: March-04-2009 at 1:38pm |
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These have wood bases and backs.
Center split bench: 
Port side open bench: 
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69barri
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Posted: March-04-2009 at 10:46pm |
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The seats in my boat must be aftermarket or home made then. They do have the aluminum brackets like the fiberglass ones above, but no outer or inner fiberglass at all. It looks like curved marine plywood, a very high ply count also, like 13 or more! They are then covered in foam and vinyl.
And yes, that is my boat in the diaries section. |
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62 wood
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Posted: March-05-2009 at 1:31am |
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These are the "woodies" in my 66 cuda. They remind me of 64 Chevy buckets..
Not bad looking for all plywood bases. |
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Posted: March-05-2009 at 1:37am |
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Steve,
When I took the seats from my 66 Cuda SS to the upholstery place, the first thing the lady said was that they looked just like seats out of an early 60s Chevy Van. Told her that they could have been, Correct Craft used what ever was out in the parking lot... |
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Posted: March-05-2009 at 1:49am |
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Roger,
Havent really talked with you for a while, hows your 66 coming along? |
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TRBenj
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Posted: March-05-2009 at 11:14am |
Very strange! They look exactly like the curved back fiberglass buckets from your pictures- I never would have guessed they were wood. Snap some pics if you get a chance! |
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