Is it true that the factory used the same inboard seat track for both the driver and passenger side by just flipping one to work on the other side with the outboard track. I realize this is a topic that has been posted about many times in the past, but I wanted to share some observations about the seat tracks in my '70 Challenger. After I removed the interior about 2 weeks ago, I disassembled the seats to improve on some poor decisions that were made by the previous owner. When I turned over the seat bottoms, I observed that the "inboard" seat tracks were the same on both driver and passenger sides, but that one was just flipped 180 degrees. I suspected that the prior owner didn't have a correct driver/passenger set, so they improvised and used either 2 driver, or 2 passenger inboard seat tracks. I also saw that they had drilled multiple holes in the floor pan for the inboard track. In addition, they had cut the track studs (that go through the floor pan) shorter because they were too long. Too long because they didn't install the "spacers" between the seat track and the floor pan. Also, they didn't use the correct hardware to mount the seat tracks to the floor pan. I decided that I would buy new repro tracks, but after further research, I realized that maybe I was wrong about the inboards. After looking at a photo of someone else's '71 Challenger front bucket seats, and talking to a well informed individual, I was settled into believing that the factory did use the same inboard track on both sides. I decided to dismiss my idea to get a new repros, and would just replace the cut studs with proper length carriage style bolts. Thanks in advance for your feedback.
The first two photos are of my driver side, and passenger side floor pans (respectively; and lighted from underneath, with no flash to better show the holes).
This third photo is someone else's seats from a '71 Challenger.
4th photo is my seat bottoms (passenger left, driver right).
5th is passenger seat bottom.
6th is driver seat bottom.
7th (left side) and 8th (right side) Repop Seat Tracks that everyone sells for ~ $350.00 for the complete set.