Seats?

Remember, original 356 seats don't mount directly to the floor pan as they do in a VW. The inner mounts are on the "tunnel" which is lower in a 356 than a VW, the outers are on separate brackets.

 

It will take some fabrication and a handful of original 356 parts to install these correctly, so factor that into the final cost.

 

 

 

I' m guessing with some angle iron and a little cutting and drilling you could make brackets to custom fit these to your pan with a little thought.  I' d be thinking about the width and will they slide into the space between rocker and center tunnel.

nice seats though.  Had them in my '66 912.

 

Agreed, that is going to be the problem. Where the 356 mounted the seats on top of the tunnel, mounting them in a VW will require brackets be fabricated to locate them beside the tunnel, pushing them outwards by over by almost tow/three inches on each side.

 

They'll never fit the narrow space between the tunnel and heater channels.

 

They really ARE nice seats as you mention, and superbly comfortable, though lacking in side support as we've come to know and expect it.

 

Wonder about 924/944 seats as an option.  914 seats I think fit as some folks have them. I think they also have a tilt adjustment.

Frank, I just took 914 seats out of my car. These did not have any tilt adjustment, as in the boxster also, they back up to the firewall.

Art

"I think they also have a tilt adjustment."

 

 

They do.

 

The tilt adjustment on the 914 seats is for the entire seat rather than the back section. They're a solid shell, similar to the replica Speedster seats.

 

The 914 seat bracketry includes a lever that will tilt the seat backwards for increased comfort, less up-right positioning. This lever is in addition to the one for sliding the seat for and aft.

 

It's really a pretty simple, nice set-up and works very well with the ergonomics of the stock 914.

Well, then mine must be reproductions, as there is no tilt function, only forward and back. They did come out of a cmc, so that gives further credence to the repro origin not Porsche.

Or the tilt function brackets were removed. They're separate from the basic sliders, two separate systems really.

 

Too bad, they really are worth having.

 

Here's a shot of the complete assembly (with tilt brackets attached) from this very web site. Hope this explains things for you.

 

https://www.speedsterowners.com...seat%20adjusters.jpg

 

Thanks Tommy Boy, my tracks look nothing like that.  I looked at Vintage's tracks and those are a match.  So mystery solved repro on both counts tracks & seats. Good for me to know, when I sell the seats, I would not want to mis-represent myself.

Is it possible they really are 914 seats that have just been mounted to different tracks?  Not sure there is such a thing as a 914 reproduction seat.  Also, it was a very long time ago, but I don't recall my 914 having a seat tilt feature.  Could have, but I don't recall it.

Troy;

 

Here's a pic if that helps identify the seats.  Thanks  Art

 

Look just like mine, only a shade lighter (mine are Walnut colored).

 

When I got my seats (pulled from a 914) I got the tracks and tilt adjust with them.  The tilt adjusters and sliders look just like those in  Tommy Boys shot up above.

 

Like a dummy, I didn't grab the toothed bracket that attaches to the floor and that the tilt adjuster fits into at various tilt heights, so ended up making one from 1/4" wall angle stock and cutting the "teeth" very slowly with a SawZal.  Not pretty, like factory, but it works.

I had a set in my 911 powered VW pickup and I don't remember a tilt function.  Maybe it was there and I didn't realize it.

They looked nice, but I didn't find them very comfortable.