# Bench front seat?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/bench-front-seat/11076>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** seats\
**Created:** [February 24, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bench-front-seat/11076 "2008-02-24T18:42:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![LeBaronGTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@LeBaronGTS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LeBaronGTS)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bench-front-seat/11076/21 "2008-03-01T18:32:59Z")

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Did you ever ride as a passenger in a car with a five foot tall driver and a "real bench seat " ?  
If you are more than five feet tall it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. The last car I owned with a "real bench seat " was a 1971 Dodge Dart. But those were the days when I was single and could take advantage of its benefits… 8o)

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**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bench-front-seat/11076/22 "2008-03-02T03:02:12Z")

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My mom is about 5’3". That might be the closest I have been, but I was still shorter than her when we got rid of the '65 Impala. I don’t remember if the 70 LTD had a real bench or not.

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**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bench-front-seat/11076/23 "2008-03-03T03:53:35Z")

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I accept that I may be wrong

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**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bench-front-seat/11076/24 "2008-03-04T02:56:36Z")

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You are correct. The buckets I was thinking of are labeled as split bench.

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**Author:** ![jayjayp47](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jayjayp47/32/98_2.png) [@jayjayp47](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jayjayp47)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bench-front-seat/11076/25 "2008-03-04T03:15:36Z")

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I drive a 2003 Sable w a split bench seat & shifter on the column. The Sable came either this way or w buckets. The Taurus also. Not sure if OP wants new or used but '03 was the last year for this option, I think.

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