[Poncho60]

I've never seen any on anything but a Bonneville (1960 I'm referring to here). I'm pretty sure I saw them in a 60 Bonn 4 dr hardtop WAY back before I was even out of school (45+ years ago) which makes me think they were original factory installed as there was probably no interest in all this stuff way back then. Just my observation.

[Jack Gifford]

Originally Posted by Poncho60

... as there was probably no interest in all this stuff way back then...

You're kidding, right?

[Poncho60]

Not kidding. What I was getting at was that this was probably in the 1965-69 timeframe. The car I was referring to (4 dr hardtop) was that dark brown Mahogany color with the tri-tone red interior.....which I have never been fond of. I was thinking that it would be very unlikely back then someone would replace the front bench seat with buckets and that they would also have them re-upholstered to match the color scheme / pattern, or that they found a set with the exact factory color match. That's why I tend to believe that this was probably a factory installation. Not implying that there was no interest in messing with cars back then in general....just referring to this particular instance.

[U47]

Originally Posted by Poncho60

Not kidding. What I was getting at was that this was probably in the 1965-69 timeframe. The car I was referring to (4 dr hardtop) was that dark brown Mahogany color with the tri-tone red interior.....which I have never been fond of. I was thinking that it would be very unlikely back then someone would replace the front bench seat with buckets and that they would also have them re-upholstered to match the color scheme / pattern, or that they found a set with the exact factory color match. That's why I tend to believe that this was probably a factory installation. Not implying that there was no interest in messing with cars back then in general....just referring to this particular instance.

There is no dark brown mahogany in 1959. see the link;
http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorli...ntiac-pg01.jpg