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seats that will work with my 71 Type 3

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jaymesobryen Commited Dubber

73 posts · joined Jun 2005 ·

#439284
Hey everyone,

I would like to put some high back ( well something with a head rest ) seats in my 71 type 3 fastback, i was wondering what everyone had put in there and what would and wouldn't work.

I will also be installing a stereo myself shortly, which should prove fun, wish me luck and stay posted for pics.

REDKG Officially Full-On Dubber

327 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#439291
the simplest solution is to use hi-back seats from a later type 3. these are a straight swap. avoid the very last type 3 seats (73) as they use different mountsAS

jaymesobryen Commited Dubber

73 posts · joined Jun 2005 ·

#439292
yeah keen on that, but these are hard to come by, well so far anyway, but ta for the info

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#439714
the late t3 seats arent that comfy either, unfortunately any other seats (such as the lovely comfy 1979 subaru seats i have in my kombi) would take a lot of modification to fit. maybe you can find some other rails that match standard, space them correctly, weld them to a tubular box frame and then bolt/weld that to the base of a cool seat, would need to be engineer cert/d though.
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