Is this OEM original seat fabric?

[EARLY911ZOO]

seller claims these seat to be originals to a 64/65...
I have never seen this style, looks like commercial carpeting.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3AIT&viewitem=

[Soterik]

seller claims these seat to be originals to a 64/65...
I have never seen this style, looks like commercial carpeting.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3AIT&viewitem=

thanks for posting!! I was going to post it but was too busy LAMAOROTF......

no, it's not original....

[preS]

The seller used to be visit this board as well.

Me too doubt that this fabric is original, esp. since the bottoms are white cloth instead of brown jute what is more common.

All in all it doesn't look bad in my view. It all depends on your application.

Richard

[EARLY911ZOO]

phew! I thought so! but you never know or know it all,
after seeing these psychadelic ones on our "show your seats" thread, anything could be possible.
I am assuming these are real but special order??right?

they remind me of the funky interiors for the Chrysler Cordoba!

[JT912]

I looked at a '67 912 that had seats that are almost the same as that paisley print interior. They looked original, but I was doubtful. Now I'm not so sure. Gotta find the pix I took now.

[heirplane]

During a visit to the factory in 1981, my guide and the folks in the upholstery shop said that they would try to provide any material that had been used in the past. They also said they would try to match material provided by the customer.

We talked in detail about the limited availability of interior colors and materials for those in the U.S.A. It was a whole other ball game for ROW. U.S. dealers at the time were far from accommodating at that time, preferring to sell from inventory. The factory staff, on the other hand, seemed to get great joy from creating custom models to the customer's specifications.

Not directly related to the topic, but there was another comment by the factory guide/rep that really stuck in my head ever since. While considering options for a coupe, he said that they only put sunroofs on the 911 because the Americans want them. He said the airflow characteristics are all wrong for the 911 w/sunroof. He went on to say that above 40kph the wind blast hits the driver right in the forehead. When I got to California in 1982, a major trend for Porsche thieves was to cut sunroofs off stolen coupes at the base of the A and C pillars. Apparently, it was tough at that time to sell a 911 coupe without a sunroof. Sorry for the digression.