Genuine 356 Speedster Seat Frame

Jumpin jimminy... the shipping price seems a bit steep, doesn't it?

Ted

It's not a heavy part, but it is going to need a large box, and plenty of insurance coverage.  It's too large for the USPS, and will likely have to be shipped UPS or FedEx, which is not cheap.  My policy is to overestimate a bit with large items, and refund any difference to the buyer.

 

Cheers!

I recently had 2, 914 seats to ship, from NorCal to SoCal.  In one box, if you could find it, UPS quoted over $100!

 

Greggo, I found boxes at U-Haul, that fit, my taller seats.  Your speedster frame is not as tall, try Home Depot, they had an extra large box that should fit. Don't attempt to make a bigger box from 2 medium boxes....Fed Ex chased me out the door, no no no.

 

Art

 

 

If possible ship via Greyhound bus --- slow and not delivered to your door but inexpensive.

I once got two 914 seats---frames and all.  I found that all I really needed was  the bottom seat cushions which fit my VS perfectly and raised my rear end above ths VS fiberglass seat edges that were cutting into my real end.  The 914 coushions are thicker than the VS ones and as a nice bonus, my upholstry shop was able to use the old VS bottom seat covers fit the new 914 ones.

 

I gave the frames and backs to some SOC member for the shipping cost.

 

All you need are the bottom 914 seat cushions!  Easy peasy.

Auction ended. Seat didn't reach the reserve. It's been re-listed for 1100.00 buy it now, or make an offer.

 

*mind blown*

 

Ted

Please Ted, blow MY mind and tell me what you think an original hard-to-find part like that for a 50-year old, $200K Porsche should cost.

 

 

My guess would be $50!

Easily replicated, duplicated, components simply knock the stuffing (no pun intended) out of egotistically absurd inflated values for indistinguishable originals.

 

That's why an original $2,000 Dior Alligator Handbag can be knocked off and peddled on the street for $200.....without anyone capable of telling the difference!   

Arent speedster seat frames completely hidden once they are upholstered? I guess if you got down and looked under the seat you could see the seat tracks, but still.

Price? Yeah, you've got me. There was that one dude who wanted $2500.00 for the concourse ready speedster key fob. Judging by that logic, and the size of your item, your seat frame is undervalued at $1100.00.

Best of luck. I think your market may be over on the 356 registry.

Ted

Sold in less than a day for the "absurd, inflated" Buy It Now price with people interested locally, and a couple other offers on ebay.  I guess originality still matters to some folks who might think it "absurd" to put a fiberglass replica in a $200K car. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whatever you do, make sure you install those seats with an authentic $750 screwdriver:

 

https://porsche356registry.org/classifieds/3371

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

I believe it was PT Barnum who said that 'there is an ass for every seat'. (no pun intended).  I like the fiberglass seats.  They've got a little spring in them.....

 

Greggo:

Perhaps the point is not the cost of the seat as much as the cost of the car that it goes in which drives the perceived value of the seat?

 

Hard to argue that the market for some Porsche models has gone nuts recently. 

 

I hope you got what you wanted for the it, but in the end, isn't it still just an old seat frame?

A thing is worth what the market will bear. I'm guessing it will bear an $1100 original metal speedster seat frame. Not the market on this site, but the worldwide market.

 

If I owned it, I can guarantee you I'd be miling it for all it was worth as well. I'd recommend listing it on the PCA website and Pelican, and leave us Cretans here to play with our plastic car.

 

Time will tell.

Stan's right- it's worth whatever the market will bear. I also agree with Greggo though, and it belongs in a Speedster with a Porsche vin #. Our cars, on the other hand, $1100 is almost a ZF or Quaife...

Not quite sure why he posted it for sale here. Wrong crowd....

I agree with both Stan and ALB, I guess as I mature my sense of what is important and of value is changed. Personal thing and I probably should have kept my mouth shut.

       
       

Yeah, you and me both... Next time I will remember this thread.

Here's where I maybe have some egg on my face, as I thought this was a forum for both replica/kit cars as well as porsche vin cars.  I would never expect a replica/kit car owner to shell out big bucks for an original seat when reproduction frames are available. Real seat frames are very hard to find on the open market, and I knew the damn thing had value...clearly it did, and I just wanted to get a good price for my dad.

 

Either way, I apologize for not being a nicer guest on your forum.

2 Cents:

 

My two cents worth of opinion is that we live in a "Free Market" Society.  Notice the word "Free", this allow everyone a choice to ask what they want.  It also affords us the opportunity, without a gun to our heads, to pay what we want, and to shop around. Not a perfect system for sure, but the best I have seen in the hundred plus countries I have visited.  Kudos Greggo for sticking to your guns.

Greggo- Don't worry about it; for the most part, we're a pretty chill bunch. Although the forum is supposedly a home for people with original as well as fiberglass Speedsters, the guys with P vin #'s don't hang out with us much. This is a do it up the way you want crowd, as the purists (for the most part) don't talk to us or want anything to do with our little creations, so although a couple of members gave you a little bit of a hard time over the price of your original seat frame, please don't take it that you're not welcome here. On the contrary, we'd love more older Porsche owners and fans to take an interest in how we build our various "tributes".

 

And don't worry, the offending members will be promptly disciplined! Stan- do you still have the rack?

No harm, no foul. Truth be told, I bid on it. My comments weren't directed at you, but more the crazy Porsche car market as a whole.

Now, where was the ad for that key fob?

Ted

Here you go Ted...bid away bud...but hurry there's 40 people ready to pounce on this one!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsch...ca922993&vxp=mtr