Recaro sport seats, early or later?

[Lorenzo]

The previous owner of my 911 fitted a pair of additional seats, Recaro sports seats without headrests. These seats looks to have been redone in genuine leather. I'm not a seats expert and, as now I would like to have sport seats with headrests, I wonder if these seats are the early 67/68 edition without headrests or a later model with arrangement for the headrests (maybe deleted during reupholstering).
Any suggestion?
Thanks!

[Lorenzo]

Passenger side

[Lorenzo]

Better pic

[recarno]

hi lorenzo, these are definitely later recaros. the swb recaros all had rails installed on the underside and an integrated adjustment lever on the front.

regards uwe

[Lorenzo]

Thanks Uwe! So I should find arrangements to fit headrests.

[recarno]

hi lorenzo, you can certainly retrofit headrests - the mounts will be there. it depends on your personal taste if you do it. what year is your car? I date the year of your brackets to 1970 or 1971. I hope I could help. regards uwe

[Lorenzo]

Hi Uwe, it is a 1973 2.7 RS, definitely needs headrests. I kept as it is for 26 years of my ownership, now it's time to change.

[recarno]

hi lorenzo, my opinion: with a 2.7 RS it is very important due to the immense value of the car that the 100% period-based parts are installed. So I would advise you to sell the installed seats including consoles and to install something original. but of course you can also simply retrofit headrests if you are on a low budget. regards uwe

[Lorenzo]

I have the original standard seats of the car. The Recaro are an extra set, fitted by the previous owner. I want to keep the sports seats installed and will retrofit headrests. Thanks again!

[recarno]

original standard seats (i.e. neither sports seats nor buckets) in a 2.7 RS. hm hm hm... well, all the best to you and show me how it turned out... (you should use the d-shape because the cover is real leather)

regards uwe