by TTait » Sun May 02, 2021 1:41 am
I've been looking at this the last week or two, and talking to some old school upholstery guys who were recovering seats 30 years ago and since.
The seats in the Monza are at least similar to the LT seats in the Camero, but they do not appear to be identical. from a seat skin and foam perspective the differences are pretty obvious, the seams are horizontal on the Monza and vertical the Camero, and the Camero seats are a little deeper and built out slightly differently around the headrest.
That said, you could get a Camero Seat Skin to work on a Monza seat if you worked with additional foam long enough and played around with the hog rings, etc, but they aren't a perfect fit. They are more forgiving in cloth than vinyl.
As to the mechanical components that comes down to the part numbers. Clyde has the parts books on the H body side, not sure about the Camero stuff to compare. A friendly dealer might still have the books and be willing to work with you, especially if you are a familiar face. Its pretty easy for cars 1984 and earlier as the big online sellers put the parts diagrams online, but not cars as old as ours.
If Clyde can get you GM parts numbers on the H body side you can try calling the Camero Specialty shops and they probably know the parts numbers on their side.
In the meantime I'm trying to determine just how close the Camero sunvisors are to the Monza. They they aren't perfect, but look pretty close. Again, much easier with the modern stuff. It only took a few minutes to work out that I could upgrade the sun visors in my 17 Bolt with telescoping units from a 17 Volt - but figuring out what they did in the 70's? Good luck.
On my third H Body - 1975 Monza 2+2 4.3L Orange/Black (Current State: Running great - needs the AC finished before summer hits hard)
76 Monza 2+2 L4 (1982-1987)
77 Starfire V6 (1987-1987)
82 Delorean - Universal Raffle Car (2005-2013)
81 Delorean 2009 - Present
17 Chevy Bolt 2017- Sold back to GM for almost a full refund
22 Mustang Mach E on order