m body interior into j body?

Bruceynz · Feb 19, 2015

Hi everyone,

My j body Cordoba has seen a bit of sun so the upholstery is faded in parts and tears easy, I have always like the m body fifth ave leather interiors. Does anyone know if the front and back seats out of a m body 5th ave will bolt into a j body Cordoba?

Thanks
Bruce

BHA43 · Feb 19, 2015

Seats wont fold forward for one thing, front would prob. bolt in though.

Cordoba1 · Feb 19, 2015

Pretty hard to find, but J-Bodies did have leather options, as well. You might find an Imperial with Mark Cross leather. That would be the easiest to bolt in.

kkritsilas · Feb 20, 2015

There have been both Cordobas and Miradas with leather interiors posted here and on eBay. The factory sales brochures list leather as an option for both cars, in different seat options (leater buckets or split bench).

Whether you decide to go with the M body interior or not, are you certain that it wouldn't be easier, and perhaps substantially cheaper, to re-cover the current seats with leather? Any factory leather that you get, whether it be M body or J body, is still going to be 30+ years of age, and unless it has been meticulously looked after, is probably faded, perhaps cracked, and most definitely dried out. I don't know what the costs to have seats re-covered in leather would be in NZ, but it may be something to look at, vs. the time and cost of finding a leather interior (of the correct color) and then having it shipped to NZ, with the added potential for problems as per above.

Just throwing some ideas out there.

Kostas

Bruceynz · Feb 20, 2015

Will M body 5th ave seats not fold, most seats have a recline function that lets it bend a we bit, maybe not as much but maybe enough to get in and out of. The drivers seats in my Cordoba only bends forward but the passenger slides forward and bends.

Bruceynz · Feb 20, 2015

here is a photo of a 86 5th ave seat, they can recline backwards I assume they can go forward as well, I am not in the USA so hard for me to find info out or try and find out if it will work.

Cordoba1 · Feb 20, 2015

Seats from a the 4-Door M-Bodied cars don't fold forward at all. To get in the back seat, you'd have to slide the seat all the way forward, and even then, it would be difficult. The suggestion above to get your seats recovered seems like a good one in light of your geography.