Doing a 68 hardtop over, and I was informed that the rear seat I bought is for a convertible, not a hard top. Can anyone tell me the difference and what I should be looking for, size, clips, padding?

Thanks,
Bob

I have a hard top and convert 68. I havn't done a side by side comparison of the two but as far as I know there is no diffrence.

The people recovering the seats say different, and i am at a loss. There must be someone that knows, cause I surely don't.

Thanks,

Bob

From all the info I have read the rear seats are the same. If you were talking Camaro then there is a difference between them....from what I can remember the seat was wider in camaros without armrests in the back quarters.

I just looked in my classic catalog and the f-bird seat kits are the same for conv and coupe. The only thing different is if you car has the fold down rear seat option

Hope this helps,
Dave

I just put a set of used coupe deluxe rears in my convertible to see if they fit and they look like the same widths to me.I have standard interior and i do see a difference (maybe i'm seeing things)between my standard and the deluxe in the depth's of the seat uppers.The deluxe seem to be shallower than standards.The bottoms seem identical in measurement.Camaro's are different i believe,like Dave mentioned about the armrests.I believe Camaro standard interior rears were wider as there were no armrests and deluxes were not as wide as they did have armrests.Maybe the shop guys are mistaking your car for a Camaro lol

David

True, the Firebird rear seats should be the same for coupe and for convertible. So they may have had experience with Camaro's which will have a different seat width from Coupe to Convertible.

But Firebirds should be the same. So if it's indeed a Firebird seat, you should be fine. Now as to Standard and deluxe, I believe the main differences are in the padding and in the covers... as in thicker padding so a slightly larger cover in size to accommodate... but not positive on that.

Brett - 67 Drop Top 455!

I'm absolutely positive they are exactly the same. Some Camaros are different and fold-downs are very different.
Jim