RE: [Chrysler300] 1960 Dodge Automatic Swivel Seats

["'Jean-Yves' jymopar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the late 90's , the first Mopar I restored was a 1960 Dodge Polara  and
it had automatic swivel seats. It was a Canadian car so it had the Matador
engine( 361 cu.in.) and Matador seat upholstery.

When I got the car , the Bowden cables were broken and most of the door
hinge brackets specific to automatic swivel seat cars were missing.

I replaced the cables, the cable housing was still excellent, and I was able
to get in touch with a guy in the province of Quebec that had about 30-40
junked mopars and one of his junked cars was an auto swivel car...and it had
all the original swivel stuff present. So with the original as templates,
the guy copied/duplicated all my missing parts and brackets, including the
torsion spring,  and sold that to me. I remember the guy had trouble finding
the proper material for the torsion spring...it is a flat bar type spring
consisting of a few layers of metal held together with a rivet in the
middle... So I was able to make my auto swivel seat functional on my car.   

The system worked fine, but I remember it made door opening AND closing an
unusual experience....  the door was obviously  easier to open because of
the spring,  but it was harder to close, I remember that it needed a firm
push to latch completely...maybe that's why it was not a popular option on
these cars...I don't know.

But I thought this was way cool as an option!!     

 I may be able to help, depending on what you need... just info or parts?? I
do not have the car anymore, I sold it around 2003 to a guy in California.

Jean-Yves Chouinard in New Brunswick, Canada

From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of 'Mike Zagata' mzagata@xxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]
Sent: April-19-15 6:50 PM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Chrysler300] 1960 Dodge Automatic Swivel Seats

 

  

Good afternoon fellow 300 Club members.  Is there anyone out there in
Chrysler 300 land who is familiar with Dodge's automatic swing out seats
offered as an option for a short time in 1960?  If so, I could use some
help.  Also, did Chrysler offer a Service Bulletin for that option and, if
so, do you have one?  Mike @ (607) 435 - 0733





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