Marc, Do you have any idea if a '68 Beetle high back seat would fit a '67 Ghia?
Thanks, Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "marc vellat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Need an Undercarriage > Besides the total redesign of their mounting points, > VW also changed the basic construction of the seat - > they broke down within a few years' use (especially in > the case of large persons sitting in > them)..."horsehair" padding leaking out everywere > scarecrow-like, broken springs/frames that snagged > your trousers & legs...horrid design. > The only `73-up stock seats that held up well were the > "sports" (Recaro-like) seats used in the few > limited-edition cars produced, and they go for a > pretty penny at a wrecking yard lucky enough to have > some. Options are to modify early (German-, not > Pennsylvania-built) Rabbit seats...that takes fairly > minor alterations to their rear legs, buy aftermarket > seats like the Pro-Cars from Scat along with the > special mounting brackets they make to adapt them to > the VW floor, or to find some appropriate-width seats > (perhaps from a Honda or Subaru) and fabricate your > own mounting system to graft them in. > > `68/`69 seats had wide headrests and narrow rails, and > `71/`72 had narrow headrests and wide rails. `70 was > 1-year-only with the narrow headrests and the narrow > rails. > ...but you CAN interchange the backrest and seat > cushion parts of stock VW seats amongst `68 through > `72s. > > --- Nicholas Stokes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thanks a bunch Marc, I'm hoping the line on a '70 >> comes through for >> the easiest swap. >> >> Why are good '73-up seats rare? > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
