Bucket to bench seat question

[tnovotny]

Hello all,
Im from Czech Republic and Im US cars lover. But its hard to find help around here. So I would like to ask for your experience.
I have '79 Regal 3.8 Turbo with floor shift and bucket seats. But I miss a lot my benchseat from other car. So I have question:
if its possible to rebuild bucket to bench seat while keeping floor shifter. I have seen other threads where guys were doing opposite thing,
but I didnt see any where it would be this way. Thanks a lot for feedback! Tomas

 

[V8 Rumble]

It is possible but you will have to mount the shifter forward to clear the bench seats. Do you have a factory shifter?

 

[tnovotny]

Yes, shifter is factory made. But middle seat wont be necessarily used. Isnt it better than to get whole steering wheel column with column shifter
and replace that too? Because thats what I would prefer most. This just seems like cheaper step to have benchseat.