Bench seat and manual transmission question

I searched this last night a read through 5 pages of posts, but I couldn't find an answer to this question..

I have a '65 CJ5, with no seats I found a split bench seat from a '67, I think it's a Tuxedo Park model. I have a 3 spd manual floor shift in my '65 and the donor '67 is a column shift. Will this bench seat work in my Jeep? The brackets on the donor seats appear to be exactly what I need..Will I have to make any modifications to the trans shift lever? Any info would be great.

Thanks.
Scott

 

Re: Bench seat and manual trasmission question

shouldnt have a problem with the seats fittin properly, or a problem with the shifter. the problem I ran into was the lever for the PTO has a little slack in it and it is a pain the engauge even with the seat adjusted all the way back!

 

Re: Bench seat and manual trasmission question

It'll be ok. The main appeal of a bench seat/column shift is to seat three across, or so that your date can slide over. Both those uses will be harder with the floor shift in place.

 

Re: Bench seat and manual trasmission question

Not to mention the back seat was useless for "dating".

 

Thanks guys for the help! In my case, the date will be replaced with my 4 year old son He's gonna love it when we put the windshield down!