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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Mystery seats

Posted by: lapuwali Sep 11 2004, 05:18 PM

Came with the car. Fit the backpad decently, as can be seen. No markings on them I can find. I have both seats, but am replacing them with stock seats.

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Posted by: lapuwali Sep 11 2004, 05:19 PM

Nother angle

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Posted by: Andyrew Sep 11 2004, 05:30 PM

Looks simular to recaro seats.... Maybe just custom?

Are they on 914 sliders? or how is it mounted?

Im guessing your asking this to sell them eh? How much?

Posted by: Aaron Cox Sep 11 2004, 05:33 PM

i'd be interested

Posted by: seanery Sep 11 2004, 05:38 PM

kinda look like what was in my old GTI

Posted by: lapuwali Sep 11 2004, 05:49 PM

Looks to me like someone welded on a crossbracket and drilled them so they'd bolt to 914 sliders. The bottom pad is thick enough that you sit about at the same level as you do in the stock seats with the stock cushion in place, which is too high for my taste. They're heavier than the stockers, too (haven't weighed them, just the grunt test).

Posted by: matt_o_70 Sep 11 2004, 07:39 PM

look to me like the factory VW recaro style seats that were in my 86 GTI and similar seats in my early eighty's sciroccos

Posted by: McMark Sep 11 2004, 07:44 PM

Looks like modified stock to me. That headrest is awfully familiar.

Posted by: lapuwali Sep 11 2004, 08:46 PM

Definitely not modified stock. The headrest is a separate piece, and there's no "pan". Open-tube-frame construction, like most seats. Sounds like there's some interest, so I'll try to take some better pics, and will put them on the on the classifieds.

Posted by: nein14 Sep 12 2004, 07:22 AM

If the seats are still avalible Iam interested PM me.

Posted by: mack914 Sep 12 2004, 11:30 AM

Seat looks pretty good in the car.

Posted by: lapuwali Sep 12 2004, 12:19 PM

Solved the mystery. I pulled the passenger seat, and it had a label on the bottom, unlike the driver's side. Ironically, these are British seats (only two German cars but half-dozen Brit cars in my past). Skats Paddy Hopkirk Carrera Recliners. No idea if that outfit is still in business. Paddy Hopkirk is still alive, and still lending his name to various products. For those who've never heard of him, Paddy was a sports car and rally driver, active primarily in the 60s. He drove quite a few BMC cars to victory, including a famous win in a Mini in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally. In any case, there's a clue if anyone wants to try to find a pair of aftermarket seats for the 914 that really do fit just about perfectly, and look "period" (probably ARE period).

I'm posting these in the Classifieds Section, so go there for more pics and my guess at a price.