Column shift with Bucket Seats?

I'm working on my 69 barracuda notchback and noticed something strange. When I bought the car it was a auto on the column but had bucket seats in it. I just assumed that the previous owner swapped out the bench for the buckets as he was intending to installed a console shifter. After looking over the fender tag the car was a factory bucket seat car with shifter on the column. How odd/rare is that combo?

Not rare at all, I had a 70 charger the same way.