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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 11:08 AM
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Hey all, for those who don't know me from OT I usually lurk around the C3 sections and post once in awhile.. I actually have a question that I am curious enough to ask, even though I am not an offical C3 owner :)

How hard would it be, and would it be worth the hassles, to put C5 seats into a 68-72 shark?

Pretty straight forward question, I know that you can do it with C4 seats with a little "adjusting" was just wondering if anyone tried C5 seats :)

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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 11:33 AM
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not going to be much help here other than to say i've seen it done. that's about all i can offer you. i've seen a couple cars in the mags but not in person.
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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 12:19 PM
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There is a guy here in Canada doing that right now. IM him, I am sure he will send pics / info. His username is gdh.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 11:59 AM
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wow only a couple responses.. figured this had been done a few times.. guess not :D
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 12:49 PM
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do a search on this. I've seen 3 or 4 posts of people doing it. Someone had it on his website and was very descriptive and had many photos. I don't think it was too hard.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 01:53 PM
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Saved an old thread here: http://www.corvettefaq.com/c3/c5seats.htm

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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 03:00 PM
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All of the threads that I have read on this say the same thing. The seats fit, but they are very tall. Some have had to rebuild the tracks to lower the seat.
One thread told of an attempt to lower the floor pan to make room for the electric seats.

Possible, but much work.
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Old Jan 24, 2003 | 03:33 PM
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Thanks for the link guys!.. You are right they are pretty tall, and with a stock Steering wheel anyone who is tall would have some problems. Kewl.. Thanks for the info!!

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