Some later Ghia seats were on narrower tracks - I once moved the rails closer together to fit '70-71-72 seats from a junked car into my '67, years ago. Not sure what year they were, but they were a few inches skinnier.
I've got a rusty '73 out back, but I can't get the car cover off right now... Chuck Kuecker marc vellat wrote: > Similar design, but the 'Ghia tracks are further apart, the seat itself is > wider, and the bottom seat frame is lower-profile (they will NOT interchange). > > 'Ghia tracks were changed - moved even further apart - in mid`69 IIRC. > > Bug seat tracks are all the same width through `70; an anti-ejection leaf > spring was added at the RF in `69, besides that they'll all interchange from > mid`50s through `70. `71/`72 had wider rails with plastic inserts, and the > entire mounting system was changed to a 3-point setup (similar to Rabbit) in > `73. > > > --- On Thu, 7/24/08, Bill May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> From: Bill May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Seats >> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 7:28 PM >> never owned a ghia. some of my friends have ghias tho' >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "63Beetle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "'Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion >> List'" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:19 PM >> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Seats >> >> >> >>> Bill what's the difference in beetle & Ghia >>> >> seats. Let's say in 1962. >> No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.5/1570 - Release Date: 7/24/2008 6:59 AM _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
