69-71 911 seats fit IM??

maybe this has been covered before I didn't check past threads, but I prefer the early 911 seats to the ones in my 86 IM, wil they fit?

"I didn't check past threads"


Call Henry Jane. Wait, on second thought don't call Henry. Do some home work. Measure your space, measure the seats, then you will have your answer.

BTW you can get a nice leak proof top and sturdy bows from IM, but I'm sure you'll search the net until someonme else says they can do them cheaper. Like.... like those Over-Riders from the guy that Steve warned you away from.

Your Steering wheel? You should have done your home work first.

Yikes!

Hi Jane,

I don't have an IM of any year, so can't give fitment advice, but I do have a pair of early 911 seats (69) in storage. If you need, I would be willing to dig them out and take measurements for you. I would, however, bet my lunch money that Henry at IM can rattle this answer off the top of his head.

Also, there is the option of having your seats re-foamed. Sometimes adding a bit of good quality foam in the strategic places (like lumbar) can make a world of difference in the seats that absolutely positively do fit in your car.

If you'd like the 911 seats meausured, let me know. Best of luck on your project.

angela

hey Jim, are you sure?? I think not, how do you know even the wheel I got, Yikes!!! And the over riders, read the guys feedback!!! Can you think for yourself, or are you a yes man!!!!

"warned me to stay away from", I love it, if I payed attention to this frequently echoed phrase from those thinkers "inside" the box, I wouldn't be where I am nor would I have acquired several cherished vintage cars that with some elbow grease and ingenuity turned out to be quite undervalued "diamond in the ruffs", and again please share your "opinion" of the steering wheel i got, that I think by the way you know nothing of!! please spout forth for me your acquired words of wisdom, the only thing I've heard so far is "ask Henry", wow, well thought, tough one, i coulnd't have thought of that!!!!!

thanks a lot Steve, it's actually the headrests I like, I am throwing around ideas with the person who does my upholstering about rebuilding them for a different shape, it's just that the higher seats don't thrill me, I like the headrest, but they are a lot better than the small fiberglass seats in my CMC, thanks a lot

Basically I like doing my reseach FIRST instead of asking everyone else to do it for me. Then I ask Qs. But that's just me. And Henry? Henry is the best source you may never use.If you look at my car you will find that I went out of the box and hunted down parts.... maybe without asking others to find it for me. I also used every resource and piece of advice I could get on the SOC just like you are doing. If I defend Henry's product and pricing it's with good reason and because I've looked for many of the same items on my own and couldn't find a better deal or product in many cases.

Most members have done their homework in a similar fashion, no matter who the buider was, or if they built it in their home shop.

I apologize for popping off. It was a waste of time and I have no business offering you advice unless it's helpful. Your car will be beautiful, and well researched and I look forward to pics of it and better ones of the cars you now have or once had.

Take Care, Good Luck. Search and Google are great tools.

If the car is based on a VW pan the seats won't fit. I have both
and already measured.

thanks, the car is buried under a mound of snow and couldn't take measurements and was too anxious i guess to do so.

thanks Jim, i apologize too, it's just that many things I have done have been somewhat unconventional. For example, in the day when I had oodles of split window busses, they didn't have a lot of value, when I sold them I had to hunt for buyers. Well, about 2 or so years later when the baby boomers I guess had to have them , I really wanted to have another 21 window, NOT, totally unaffordable. So, that being out of my budget to get one, I searched my parts and found a roof clip I once saved. I'm sure you can guess what my idea was, yes, take a rust free deluxe candidate and weld the window roof on, Oh my God, you'd think i wanted to fly to the moon, so much opposition from the air-cooled local community, for so many reasons. Anyway, I had a couple of friends do it, took it to hershey show, and nobody was the wiser. Now,I didn't sell it for a long time, and sure it didn't have the value of an authentic one, but I was happy with it and got many years of pleasure going to shows and driving it around. But, i must admit, now after having the 86IM I just got last week, and going over and over what I'd like to do to improve it, I can't believe i'm going to say this but, I do think I would have opted to go with a new one. I NEVER bought a new car in my life, and don't intend nor want to do so, BUT, to have the best of both worlds, classic styling with updated handling and creature comforts, I think i will restore it with no long term intentions . Anyway, I'll post pics of it soon, and look for some advice.

Honestly Jane, the path you are on is the best one for prospective speedster owners. Buying a used one is the best bet for determining if you like the cars, and can live with the "built in" issues.

I'd fix the broken stuff on the car (if there is anything), but put off the modifications until you determine if it is in your best interest to keep this car, or buy a new one down the road.

I've owned three- the first I bought used and loved. The things I wanted to do to it exceeded the price difference between the proceeds from resale, and the cost of a new JPS. Two years later, I was at the same point again- a bigger engine, wide 5s, umbrella e-brake, etc. all added up to quite a hit, price wise. I couldn't see having put that kind of money into a pan-based car, so I had an Intermeccanica built with EVERYTHING I learned along the way that I wanted.

That's always my recommendation: buy used first, figure out if you like living with a quirky car, decide what you'd do differently, add up the cost, and if you can sell your car and buy a new one for less than the difference of changing everything, THEN have the new one built.

BTW: the speedster was the first new car I ever owned too.

hey Stan, I think that solid advice that makes sense. And before I make any decsions I want to at least drive it during the season that it's equipped to drive in. It's definately going to the paint shop right away, while in there the interior will be gutted to have being done at the same time, after those plus a few other cosmetic things, i'll just get to know it on the road and go from there. I sometimes jump the gun and want to make if perfect ASAP, but as you said , and making good sense, first decide what I like and don't like, and then wiegh the costs to change, I would hate to have an 86, for what I could have gotten a much newer one for.

Getting back to your question about seats, my old Speedster came with a high back sport kind of like these:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/tf-Browse/s-10101/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2006943/showCustom-0/p-2006943/N-111+600007245+10210/c-10110

I had them recovered in black and put in tuck and stitch red inserts to make it more outlaw-ish. I think there were 6 or 8 across the center, what ever the