[carmak]

Was 68 the last year for Strato Bench seats in Pontiacs or were they used in 69?

I thought the Strato Bench was not used at all in 69 but I just stumbled onto a 69 Toronado with a Strato Bench so I thought I would ask about Pontiac.

Carmak
Riverside, Iowa

[Stuart]

I looked at the 1969 accessories brochure posted here: http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/stati.../dirindex.html and didn't find anything about a strato-bench, only regular bench and buckets.

[ta-69]

69 firebird had the strato- bench seat I have had 2 of them.I still have 1 seat.Jim

[carmak]

Thanks for the replies. I was curious about full size cars having the Strato Bench and completely forgot about F-bodies.

FYI while searching I did find the Buick still offered the Strato Bench in full size cars in 69.

I have a 69 Bonneville convertible that needs a new front seat so I think I am going to have a Strato Bench upholstered to match.

Carmak
Riverside, Iowa

[A Schab]

.The strato buckets were also still in Impala's in 1969.

[aronhk_md]

Just listed a stratobench from a 67 for sale....but it does not have the tilt feature you would need for a 2 door or convertible. lol

[ratchetmaster]

The Oldsmobile toronado you mentioned, and the Cadillac eldorados. These have What looks like bucket seats with the fold down arm rest in the middle.
Those are the only cars I have seen them in. Of course quite a few firebirds and very few camaros had a strato bench seat option, but were not like the full size seats as theirs looked like the bucket seats in camaro/firebird.

You can find a lot of toros around and many had these seats.

I have one but you are too far away to ship. I am sure you can find one if you start looking around your area. I know several people who are parting out toros on line.

[north]

Fullsize and midsize Pontiacs no longer used the strato bench in 69. 68 was the last year. to confirm other comments I had a 70 Eldo that had one.

In case anyone is wondering what the hell a strato-bench is; it's a lower half of a bench seat with the uppers from the bucket seat model of the same era (known as strato-buckets) with a folding armrest (that became a seat-back when raised) in between.

Kind of a neat idea because you had the practicality of a bench but with the armrest down you had a bit of that sporty bucket look.

And like the buckets I guess they were also used in experimental military jets that flew into the stratosphere.

[marxjunk]

i just bought a 70 Riv and it has a strato-bench....

[carmak]

I picked up the Strato Bench out of the 69 Toro I mentioned in my first post. As a bonus it is a working 6 way power piece.

I described by North above I like the utility of a bench seat withthe sporty look of buckets. I currently have a bench in my 69 Bonnie and it is shot so replacing it with the Strato Bench is a wash.

Thanks for all your comments.

Carmak

[CDN2PLS2]

I parted a '69 427 Grande Parisienne with the Strato.