Show Your Seats

[68S_SK2]

Hi Uwe,
I was kidding, as you said it is very hard to say from the back side of the seat.
Kommentar:
Eine vergrößerte Schilddrüse muss riesig sein, um sie bei einem Menschen von hinten am Hals sehen zu können. Vor ca. hundert Jahren gab es diese Fälle in Bayern, da große Teile Bayerns Jodmangelgebiete sind. Dadurch sind früher bei etlichen Bayern die Schilddrüsen riesig geworden (sogenanntes Jodmangelstruma) und man konnte die Schilddrüsen auch von hinten sehen. Jetzt gibt es diese ausgeprägten Fälle nicht mehr wegen der Jodsubstitution z.B. im Speisesalz. Ich hatte mal ein Bild von einem Bayern in Tracht und Hut aufgenommen von hinten mit riesigem Struma...ich finde es leider nicht.
Well, back to to original topic!
Claudius

[mikehump]

Thank you all so much for your help. I will pull them out of the garage and take some side photos tomorrow. Sounds like they are the 67 buckets though.

Thanks, Mike !

[acoupe]

I am in the process of switching seats in my 66 912. When I bought it 13 years ago, it had these Recaro seats in it. PO had installed them in the early 80s. They appear to me, to be 100% original black vinyl and wide black cord. They are driver`s and passenger side double lockers, but I need someone to tell me what year these seats are.......I`m thinkin 72/73. I`m putting an original Speedster seat on driver`s side, and standard seat on passenger side. Here`s some pics of the passenger seat I just pulled out. Let me know if you need more pics.

[uai]

Looks correct from every angle

[acoupe]

So....what year are these concours correct for? I will be selling the pair when I`m finished, and want to describe these correctly. I`m fabricating a steel frame for the Speedster seat to fit the 912 bases. Thanks

[recarno]

1972/73 - and to be more precise: produced after october 15th 1972.

regards

uwe

[acoupe]

Thanks guys....I appreciate the help. I weighed the passenger seat, it weighs 58 lbs......stock comfort seat 37 lbs.....Speedster seat 25 lbs.

[recarno]

look here, that would be an alternative to your standard passenger seat, for example for events or cars and coffee - quickly installed and removed. Crunchy raw shell from the mid 60s,with beautiful patina and fits better to the "speedster character" - for a little comfort for co-driver you could stick some strips of padding lengthwise here. weight then again significantly lighter than your speedster driver's seat ;-) if you are interested, please let me know....

regards uwe

[acoupe]

I`ve had this steel Speedster seat in several of my cars over the years, most recently in my old 58 sunroof coupe for 26 years that I sold 6 mos ago.......I`ve had Speedster seats in ALL my 356 cars......and now it`s going in the 12.........it`s the last link to the 356 cars I`ve owned.......this is the first time in 50 years I hav`nt owned a 356! Here it is now as I`m mocking it up on the passenger side, it will be going on the driver`s side........needed to add a 3/4" spacer to bring it up so I can see over the dash!

[recarno]

the speedster seat is great! this model was also available in a slightly modified form for the early 911 - but you probably know that.

regards uwe