Which Charger Interior Do You Prefer?

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

This is my non-scientific poll for seat / shifter options on the Dodge Charger - which do you prefer?

Thanks for voting 

Buddy Seat/column shift:




Buckets & console:

[69bronzeT5]

My '69 is a column shift buddy seat car. I LOVE the buddy seat so it's staying no matter what. However, I'm getting rid of the column shift for a 4 speed. Buddy seat with a 4 speed

[bobs66440]

definitely the console!  

[1969chargerrtse]

 

[A383Wing]

Buddy seat with a 4 speed

ok...here ya go

[bakerhillpins]

Id have to say that if its an auto then I like the console, but with a 4 spd I like the buddy seat more. Don't really know why. Like my shifting action to happen down low I guess. 

[bajaherbie]

buckets and console, just wish the buttons would stay together.....

[Chris G.]

None of the above for $200 Alex.

[Chatt69chgr]

My car will have bucket seats, buddy seat with the back folded down to rest my arm on, and a 4-speed with no console.  I do not want the console.  I wonder if the Charger was ever offered this way originally or was the console required?

[elanmars]

console with black interior. however my last car had a buddy seat and i was totally okay with it.

[Vainglory, Esq.]

None of the above for $200 Alex.

Yup.  Buckets and pistol grip from the floor = clearly the best combo ever made.

[Fred]

I'm for bucket seats and console. Never been a fan of column shift.

[tracpack440]

I prefer buckets with console. But a column shift would be ok to.  Here is another sample

[Fred]

I prefer buckets with console. But a column shift would be ok to.  Here is another sample

Is that a 68 interior door panel trim I see? (on a 69)

[Rolling_Thunder]

I like the console...    but I am using mine for a lot of storage...    I despise a column shift all together...   NEVER liked them - If I had a buddy seat it would have to be a 4-speed...     my old Boss had a 69 GTX very we put a hemi into...   it was originally a 440 4-speed buddy seat Vert.   

[doctor4766]

My car was a buddy seat/column auto but I deleted the column shift and fitted a B@M shifter in front of the buddy seat.
Then I fitted a console over the B&M.
Works better for me as I could never have a centre front passenger anyway and the console has heaps of storage space for CD's, cigarettes and almost any other crap that ends up in the car.

[Fred]

I don't want to offend anyone but......... column shift in a muscle car...............  
There's something wrong with this picture.

[six-tee-nine]

How I like it the most..... Red and of course with a shifter stick and 3 pedals....

[doctor4766]

Perhaps in this day and age Fred.
But when they were new if people didn't like them they could have optioned their car differently....?

[Fred]

Perhaps in this day and age Fred.
But when they were new if people didn't like them they could have optioned their car differently....?

Point taken.

[1969chargerrtse]

I don't want to offend anyone but......... column shift in a muscle car...............  
There's something wrong with this picture.

I've always felt that way, and somewhere before we talked about it and some people ( most that have a column shift ) are offended.

[Patronus]

Im with the Bronze, buddyseat with a floor shift...
My girlfriend loves the buddy seat, and she knows how to use it! 

[A383Wing]

buckets and a console...got 2 of them here

Bryan

[RECHRGD]

When ordering my new R/T back in '68 I was young and single.  The last thing I wanted was something between myself and my date for the evening.  No big deal now though.......

[67440chrg]

I have a 1st gen so I'm naturally a console and buckets man. I haven't had a buddy seat but if I had a 2nd gen I may prefer a 4spd and buddy seat.

[tan top]

its a charger !! their all awesome       
but if i had a choice !! buckets & console 

[Darkman]

I have a column shift with a buddy seat.....I am changing out the steering column and custom fabricating a centre console to hous a B7M style shifter and lots of other little goodies

[71ChallengeHer]

70 high back buckets with a pistol grip. 

[tan top]

70 high back buckets with a pistol grip.  

 yeah  ,

i like the 70 R/T SE   interior   more than mine  !   although would never swap 

[freddyd02]

Buddy seat with stick shift on the floor !

[Fred]

I don't want to offend anyone but......... column shift in a muscle car...............  
There's something wrong with this picture.

I've always felt that way, and somewhere before we talked about it and some people ( most that have a column shift ) are offended.

Great minds think alike 

[Chryco Psycho]

well it has to have 3 pedals & a 4 spd so column shift is out , might as well throw some buckets seats in, the console breaks or rattles so why bother

[70 Charger RT]

There is one configuration not mentioned.  My 70 R/T has a column shift with buckets and no buddy seat (or a console).  Just the tranny hump with carpet.  It came from the factory that way.  That's the way I prefer it.

[Sendero]

My R/T came with column and buckets as well. Perhaps a better question is..."if you had an original, numbers matching R/T car with a column shift, would you leave it as it came from the factory, or start cutting metal? As for a muscle car or not...certainly a column shift is not the "cool" muscle car option yet I could say the same for a 440 magnum as compared to a six pack, a 8 3/4 versus a Dana 60 or a standard versus a shaker hood.

In the end, muscle is about performance and a column shift does not detract from that..though my air conditioning does 

[bakerhillpins]

70 high back buckets with a pistol grip.  

 yeah  ,

i like the 70 R/T SE   interior   more than mine  !   although would never swap 

I just don't think the high back seats look right in a Charger. They look out of place like they are cutting off the cabin prematurely. However, in the Challengers and Cudas 

I like the 70 SE interior door panels better than the standard door with the stainless arrowhead looking trim.

[Chris G.]

I just don't think the high back seats look right in a Charger. They look out of place like they are cutting off the cabin prematurely.

From the opposite side...I think '68/'69 seats are grandpa box cutters that have no business in a muscle car. You may as well have a bench seat. There's no comparison when it comes to kick ass seats. The pistol grip is just the icing on the cake. The '71 and up are second. But to each his own I guess.

[Johnny SixPack]

I just don't think the high back seats look right in a Charger. They look out of place like they are cutting off the cabin prematurely.

From the opposite side...I think '68/'69 seats are grandpa box cutters that have no business in a muscle car. You may as well have a bench seat. There's no comparison when it comes to kick ass seats. The pistol grip is just the icing on the cake. The '71 and up are second. But to each his own I guess.

You're killin' your father, Larry.  

How do you feel about map pockets, Chris?  

I like my high back buckets and my console shift, but I also like my map pockets.  

Also like my glove box to open down.  

[moparstuart]

I just don't think the high back seats look right in a Charger. They look out of place like they are cutting off the cabin prematurely.

From the opposite side...I think '68/'69 seats are grandpa box cutters that have no business in a muscle car. You may as well have a bench seat. There's no comparison when it comes to kick ass seats. The pistol grip is just the icing on the cake. The '71 and up are second. But to each his own I guess.

homer   

[bakerhillpins]

But to each his own I guess.

  So it appears. 

[XS29L9B2]

my green bucket and console 

[Dino]

My 'personal' taste goes to '69 buckets with headrests, and console.  Soon to be console with '67 armrest. (thanks Bob!)  I like the buddy seat and especially the armrest, but like the console more, hence the slight modification might be just what I need.  It column shift doesn't really scream muscle car but honestly, it's not that bad.  It's still a cool car.

I don't like highbacks in a Charger, I don't like the shorter seats without headrests, and I'm not a fan of the '70 doorpanels, the SE panels are pretty nice though.  One add-on, I don't like all these....as much as the '69 interior, but they are still good looking and in a frickin' cool Charger!  Highbacks look great in other mopars though and they are more supportive, that's for sure.

I do like the '70 glovebox door opening downwards though! 

[nelson_audet]

4 speed with console !!!

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Wow... 70% prefer buckets and console 

[b5blue]

I'm going buckets and no console regardless of shifter. The console is pretty but kinda useless for a daily driver, it uses up a lot of room and collects crap. I'm going for a aftermarket automatic floor shifter even though my car came with a console. I do love the coolness of the first gen. extra long console looks wise! 

[Troy]

My bronze 68 Charger originally came with a column shift but no Buddy seat OR console (just buckets). I have converted it to 4-speed but left it alone otherwise and this is what I prefer. My 68 Charger R/T has a Buddy seat and 4-speed.

Troy

[60caddy]

I have to say I prefer the armrest, never heard it called a buddy seat till this site.  Family had 2 with armrests, maybe coming from a 60 Caddy with armrest - is why we like them -- boy what a change of vehicles!!  Parents complained of hard ride for 2 wks after trading the Caddy, but then it was all about the cornering of the neat Charger.  They loved it.