Buddy seat

[yellowsportwagon]

Does anyone make a Mopar buddy seat?

[CapSat 6]

I had thought I saw one in resin for the Revell '68 Charger (could conceivably be adapted to other '68-'69 B Bodies) on eBay, but I can't seem to find the listing. 

If you are looking for something for a '70-'74 B or E body, you might be able to start with the bench seat from the AMT '71 Charger and cut the center section out. 

[michelle]

i do know that coachbuilderua aka andrey bezrodny 's 69 dodge polara coupe kit has two versions of the separate buddy seat to fit between two buckets one is open and one is closed  
 

[Ron Hamilton]

On 9/5/2025 at 7:04 PM, yellowsportwagon said:

Does anyone make a Mopar buddy seat?

I've never seen one in a kit. I made one myself for my 71 Charger R/T Hemi.

[rattle can man]

AHA! those pictures show what a buddy seat is. I was totally unfamiliar with that term.

[stavanzer]

44 minutes ago, rattle can man said:

AHA! those pictures show what a buddy seat is. I was totally unfamiliar with that term.

Me too.

Never heard of it before.

[CapSat 6]

I know Chrysler offered several seating options in those years. here is how I understand them:  

Bench - one large front seat (sometimes with a folding armrest in the middle), two tracks near each of the doors.

Bucket - two individual front seats, two tracks each, near each of the doors, and inboard toward the transmission tunnel.  

Buckets with "buddy seat"- essentially two buckets (two tracks each), with a mini seat (and folding upper, to use as an armrest) that bolts to the transmission tunnel roughly where the console would bolt in. You see lots of buddy seats for sale at all of the Mopar swaps. 

Bench with bucket uppers - once-piece bench lower, two tracks, with bucket upper sections and a folding armrest.

The only cars I have ever owned were factory equipped wither with a regular bench, buckets with console, or in one case, buckets/ no console/no buddy seat (but it had the cassette deck on the floor).  

I was never 100% sure if the seat in the AMT '71 Charger was supposed to represent the buckets with buddy seat, or bench with bucket uppers. Technically, the '71 R/T was not available with a bench seat of any kind, so this should be bucket seat combo with a buddy seat- but it's molded like a bench seat, so I'm not sure. Also, Chrysler was well known for breaking their own rules back then- for instance, I do know of at least one 1970 GTX that was built with a bench and column shifted automatic- even though bench seats were technically not available for 1970 GTX's- I spoke to the original owner, who still had the car as of a few years ago, and he ordered it that way. He gave me "TMI" as to why he ordered it like that .    

    

Edited September 11 by CapSat 6
Forgot the armrests!

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

22 hours ago, rattle can man said:

AHA! those pictures show what a buddy seat is. I was totally unfamiliar with that term.

Glad I'm not the only one. I looked at the Bezrodny file to see what they were talking about. I've never heard it called that before.

[Ron Hamilton]

On 9/11/2025 at 10:47 AM, CapSat 6 said:

I know Chrysler offered several seating options in those years. here is how I understand them:  

Bench - one large front seat (sometimes with a folding armrest in the middle), two tracks near each of the doors.

Bucket - two individual front seats, two tracks each, near each of the doors, and inboard toward the transmission tunnel.  

Buckets with "buddy seat"- essentially two buckets (two tracks each), with a mini seat (and folding upper, to use as an armrest) that bolts to the transmission tunnel roughly where the console would bolt in. You see lots of buddy seats for sale at all of the Mopar swaps. 

Bench with bucket uppers - once-piece bench lower, two tracks, with bucket upper sections and a folding armrest.

The only cars I have ever owned were factory equipped wither with a regular bench, buckets with console, or in one case, buckets/ no console/no buddy seat (but it had the cassette deck on the floor).  

I was never 100% sure if the seat in the AMT '71 Charger was supposed to represent the buckets with buddy seat, or bench with bucket uppers. Technically, the '71 R/T was not available with a bench seat of any kind, so this should be bucket seat combo with a buddy seat- but it's molded like a bench seat, so I'm not sure. Also, Chrysler was well known for breaking their own rules back then- for instance, I do know of at least one 1970 GTX that was built with a bench and column shifted automatic- even though bench seats were technically not available for 1970 GTX's- I spoke to the original owner, who still had the car as of a few years ago, and he ordered it that way. He gave me "TMI" as to why he ordered it like that .    

    

The AMT 71 Charger R/T kits had a split bench seat with a center armrest. When I did my Hemi Charger model,  I did it as a replica of an actual car that had Bucket Seats with the "buddy" seat/ center armrest. I reupholstered the AMT 71 Duster bucket seats and the AMT Dodge Charger kit back seat to match the factory pattern. I cut up the kit bench seat. and added sheet and half round styrene to make an accurate "Buddy Seat)