sport seats quandry

[blucille]

I'm in a pickle.

I'm in NJ, I bought a set of sport seats from a guy in Canada, the photos looked pretty nice, the price a little below average.

When I got the seats, the bases were all wrong, they were home-made, no way to attach seat belts, and the more I dig into this project, the more disgusted I am. The seats have the wrong upholstery, but I can live with this for a while. The car they are going into is the 1969 911S, a very nice, preservation class kind of driver. 68,000 miles, very nice overall.

So, I gripe to the seller that the bases are awful and can't be used, he tells me he has found a correct set of bases, and now that I see photos, I see these are some aftermarket bases, with attachment for seat belts, but no sliders, and I fear I won't be happy with them.

So, now, I don't know what to do, sell the seats at a loss, I'm sure, or return them to the seller, and pay shipping and duty/tariff/tax to cross the border, or live with them with the wrong bases or spend another $1000 to get the right bases.

Any opinions????

-Lewis

[flat6s]

If the purchase price for was reasonable for just the seats you should be pretty happy. Sport seats command big $ these days, even seats that need to be restored (another $1.5K to $2k). Assuming you paid no more that $2k for good seats your deal was not that bad. Find your self some bases. I know they are as rare as hen's teeth but once in a while they surface. There is nothing wrong with adapting custom frames. You can always fabricate a seat belt mount on the bracket or adapt your factory seat sliders? How often do you need access to the back seats?

[Tonyautobahn]

That is very unfortunate. For future reference please keep my information in mind.


Tony
www.autobahninteriors.com
info@autobahninteriors.com

[VIper Green E]

So, now, I don't know what to do, sell the seats at a loss, I'm sure, or return them to the seller, and pay shipping and duty/tariff/tax to cross the border, or live with them with the wrong bases or spend another $1000 to get the right bases.

Any opinions????

-Lewis[/QUOTE]

If you can find bases for $1,000 I will take a set. I have been looking for correct bases for about a year. I Was out bid twice on E bay at over $1,500. I saw a drivers side sell for over $650.

Send them back to the owner. Be patient, find a complete Seat/Rail set up and send them to Tony. You will be $$ ahead.

[dthailer]

hi,

i am in NJ also. I have a set of leather sport/standard recaros out of an italian delivery 71S that i had in my 69S (before i sold it ). they are the original black leather with a nice patina for that period look. they, of course, have the original bases and sliders with seat belt attachments. if you would like to purchase/inspect them let me know.

[rich roush]

I PM'd you.
Rich