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    Quote Originally Posted by beaker View Post
    Here is a photo of my old 6/1965 built 912. The seats are believed to be original and have 5 pleats. The back side of the seats had perforations also.
    but this is leather, isn‘t it?
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    But we know that the Factory reused old photos to keep the cost down, so the date of the brochure will most likely be different from the date of the photos...

    Quote Originally Posted by Pesch View Post
    In this brochure, we can see 6 inlays (pleats), unfortunately I forgot which year it was issued:

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    My May '65 car still has all its original interior. Seats have 5 pleats front, 6 pleats rear, front pleats are perforated like the 356 as is the back of the front seats.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 356rider View Post
    My May '65 car still has all its original interior. Seats have 5 pleats front, 6 pleats rear, front pleats are perforated like the 356 as is the back of the front seats.
    and look at the contour of those seats! upholstery shops take note, that's what a seat is supposed to look like!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by StephenAcworth View Post
    But we know that the Factory reused old photos to keep the cost down, so the date of the brochure will most likely be different from the date of the photos...

    Quote Originally Posted by Pesch View Post
    In this brochure, we can see 6 inlays (pleats), unfortunately I forgot which year it was issued:

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    That's a Porsche of America brochure ("PRINTED IN U.S.A." bottom left) so it isn't dated like the brochures printed in Germany.

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    It's obviously a very early brochure (even if The Samba says it's 1966). Porsche probably wouldn't have reused a painted-dash 912 photo after they went to black with an aluminum strip and it appears the 911 glovebox door has neither 911 nor 901 script.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 356rider View Post
    My May '65 car still has all its original interior. Seats have 5 pleats front, 6 pleats rear, front pleats are perforated like the 356 as is the back of the front seats.
    leather or leatherette?
    59 750 pre unit triton
    63 650 gray silver bikinitub triumph thunderbird
    70 650 astralred silver triumph bonneville
    65 912 slate gray "erwin"
    73 914 ravennagreen "ferdl"
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    For information.
    My early 912, production date 4/21/65, has 6 pleats. Material is leatherette with perforations.

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    6 to 5 pleats, any idea on a vin. number?

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Straub View Post
    6 to 5 pleats, any idea on a vin. number?

    Thanks,
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    In the thread Special early 1964 features on 1965 cars pss narrowed it to between chassis 300543 and 300567. The thread goes on for at least 50 more pages after that post (#83) so it might eventually have been narrowed even more if you want to read through everything.
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