Is there a difference between 1970 and 71 seats

[Baddog67]

hi all, is there a difference between 1970 and 1971 roadrunner bucket seat cores? I have. A chance to buy a set of 1971's for my 70 restoration, and want to know if the new upholstery will fit.. please advise, your genius is welcome here....

 

[Beekeeper]

The seats are different going by legendary's website it looks like the covers will not interchange
there were styling changes between the 68-70' and 71-74 b bodies. But I'm not for sure I don't know much about 71-74 b bodies.

 

[rick68b5]

No they wont work 70 is a one year seat but the e body i believe is the same frame but the tracks are different

 

[Bruzilla]

My experience is all buckets from 70-80 use essentially the same frame. The foam is different from year to year, as are the covers. The tracks are also different from year to year and body style.

I bought a set of 76 buckets, replaced the 76 foam and covers with 72 foam and covers and you would never know they weren't 72 seats. I installed them in a 74 Roadrunner, and did so by cutting the rear stud off the tracks and welding a new one on where it needed to be for a 74.

 

[Baddog67]

Thank you all for replying so quickly! I'm very appreciative for your wisdom and guidance... it's so damn hard to find a set of 1970 buckets, I guess I could always keep the bench seat......