Here are the measured weights relating to the Scheel + bits
Seat = 12.2 lbs/5.6 kg
Sliders = 5.4 lbs/2.5 kg
Headrest = 4.2 lbs/1.9 kg
Still need to add the bracket that attaches everything to the car.
Seat is very comfortable, out of the car, at least --- butt fits, hips+thighs, too, backrest angle seems OK, supports all the way up. Have NOT tried the add-on head-rest, yet. Real curious to see what the final height in the car is --- head is up close to the liner now, and I feel like I need to crouch a bit to clear+see . . .
Seat feels light, as well --- and kinda ‘springy.’
Been doing some reading of old threads and came across this in a post by John Rice . . .
. . . most of the Recaro seats are HEAVY. If you want a genuine sports purpose seat for a really light car you should be trying to find an early Scheel bucket which weighs less than 1/2. Of course, they don't hold up over the years either. That is one reason the market is mostly Recaro. Built like a tank. There aren't many Scheels left . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ly-Seats/page3
Mr Rice’s comments struck me, bringing up something that’s been in the back of my mind . . . about this Scheel, where it came from, and why was it out of a car?
I think that people pull parts off of cars for two reasons, mainly. One --- it’s broken. Or Two --- they found something better. Since this seat was worn, not broken, with its original-type late-60s-vintage construction/materials, still intact, I’m thinking this seat, along with the funky sliders --- crudely cut-down prior to being fit, from Gerrit’s observations . . . were replaced by something better, then discarded.
'Course, I'll never know exactly what happened, or why . . . . but one comment that Mr Rice made, that . . . ‘they don’t hold up over the years’ --- stuck with me.
The Scheel is light --- sure . . . but also ‘springy,’ a polite way of saying . . . flimsy, built to be light --- NOT to last. And I doubt that I’ll ever get past any Tech Inspect, and into any track event, with this little fiberglass potato-chip-of-a-seat . . . which, I’m thinking, was what might have gotten this particular bit side-lined, in the 1st place.
The World's moved on a LOT since this seat, and 1059, first came onto the scene. And as much as I treasure/esteem Old Stuff, the fact is . . . a lot of this stuff isn’t safe by modern (and maybe ANY) standards . . . something I’ll be keeping in mind the next time I go diving into a corner, pushing hard on the brakes . . . . or just driving in traffic.
Rick
PS Fire extinguisher's handy, Everybody? --- yes?
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