1971 911S seats (tilt & sliders)... not fitting

[70SATMan]

Well the headrest looks like a recovered Scheel to me, not Recaro. The chrome recliner makes me think it is the optional BMW sportseat. I’ve read that they were slightly wider than the Porsche but, myth maybe. Certainly the chrome recliner was BMW not Porsche. The tilt console is not Porsche sportseat application either. Original 70/71 would have been perforated bolsters. Looks like you have a mixed bag there, hence your trouble mounting.

[blucille]

most of the time (at least) I've seen sliders attach to the seat....and then the sliders attach to the tilt bracket and the bracket bolts to the floor.....so, perhaps you can drill more holes for the tilt bracket to bolt to the floor....then get some sliders.

[Nickm]

Yup! I think that will be how I do it. ;o)

most of the time (at least) I've seen sliders attach to the seat....and then the sliders attach to the tilt bracket and the bracket bolts to the floor.....so, perhaps you can drill more holes for the tilt bracket to bolt to the floor....then get some sliders.

[beh911]

Please post more pictures of the home made junkyard joe tilts you have as I would like to give the builder an award for amazing effort but also an award for not giving up when clearly he should have gave up. Those can’t remotely be called sport seat parts and I would never put anything like that in an S. Did you get a really good deal? Totally home made brackets and poorly made too, that’s why it doesn’t fit.

Wow. Wasn't expecting that last comment.

This guy has jumped into the vacuum created by a recently banned user.

Took some getting used to, but most posts are self aggrandizing and acerbic toward people asking for help.

You'll get what you need here eventually in your thread, so I'd just ignore it.

[VintageExcellen]

Sorry if I was having a little fun at your expense. Your seats are fine aside from the chrome or non-original vinyl style. The base in those first pictures had someone like me laughing because I see a lot of work to make something that is well, something that looks like it was made in a 3rd world country. Looks like a combination of misc parts on a homemade frame using standard seat sliders and that gas strut to assist in lifting

Your best option is to find a pair of single locker original Recaro sport seat tilts with sliders that are correct for your 71.

Second option is to go reproduction. I won't endorse a repro but carpoint made a pair of tilts/slider assy that fit the car and original seats for under $500.

The way I see it the seats are half the part but the slider and tilt is the other half. Mounting seats alone without some type of base is impossible

[Nickm]

Your'e saying there's a 14 year old at the wheel? Not a grown up? lol
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This guy has jumped into the vacuum created by a recently banned user.

Took some getting used to, but most posts are self aggrandizing and acerbic toward people asking for help.

You'll get what you need here eventually in your thread, so I'd just ignore it.

[VintageExcellen]

This guy has jumped into the vacuum created by a recently banned user.

Oh grow a thicker skin, that was clearly a laugh out loud picture of the homemade tilt.

[VintageExcellen]

Here is what you want.... ignore all the boxes of new parts, they keep falling off the shelves with all these CA earthquakes

[Nickm]

Not a worry. I just don't know that it's a "home made tilt" mechanism. Check out the video... it's actually a
vary nicely made bracket... (once I removed the nasty looking slider mechanisms). It didn't look home made
to me at all. Both sides (pass & driver) are identical clones of each other... and pro made, The shock-assist is
made nicely... and works nice & smooth. Not factory though. I'll remove the shock assist, even though I'm sure
it makes the seat much more "user friendly".... removing some of that forward or reverse momentum that a seat
weighing in at 45 lbs would have, when tilting to get in the back seats.

Oh grow a thicker skin, that was clearly a laugh out loud picture of the homemade tilt.

[Nickm]

Here is what you want.... ignore all the boxes of new parts, they keep falling off the shelves with all these CA earthquakes

THANKS FOR THE PHOTOS. Worth a 1000 words.