[Grumpy old man]

I've rebuilt dozens of sets of buddy buckets over the years and it's the old supply and demand thing that drives the crazy prices for them ,Personally I'm not all that impressed with them, with the thin stamped steel frame that's spot welded together more times than not the bottom corners of the seat are cracked and need to be rewelded , the nut sets that hold the seat to the tracks are usually cracked as well and you have to peel the foam away to be able to repair them . They have no adjustment other than forward and back and the generic seat tracks are cheesy at best . At least with the 67-68 folding bench you have some recline adjustment and they fold forward , The bench seats have a full spring construction over the buddies few cross springs that hold up the foam . The prices keep climbing on the buddies because they are harder to find but they are no where near the standard 67-68 full spring folding bench seat in comfort or convenience . The taller guys. Like the buddies because they sit lower but I'm 6'2" and 250+ and the bench seats are fine ,to each their own but I would never spend what guys selling them want for a set let alone the crazy costs to rebuild a set ,Just my opinion some guys love them but I think it's all overrated and would suggest if your in the market for a set try them out before you buy them you may just decide your bench rides better .