Seats: \"T\" rail and \"L\" rail

Looking for a pair of front seats for my 1970 beetle. Prefer a lighter colour. Will also take matching rear seat if in good condition. Will pickup from anywhere in Sydney & suburbs with cash on the spot.

Send pics to here.

Seats must be genuine VW (for blue slip).

Thanks
Dave
Carlingford NSW

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[ Edited on 12-8-2007 by challenger ]

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very hard to find Dave
lotsaluck anyway, B

are you after the t rail or the L rail ?

Hi barls

Being not so bright on this Saturday morning, I have a standard 1970 flat screen 1599 bug. What is the difference between a T rail and an L rail, and how can I tell which fits mine?

Cheers
Dave

barls wrote:are you after the t rail or the L rail ?

its the shape of the rail that the seats slide on you can just look at the rails and see which one it looks like, one looks like a capital t, the other looks like and upside down capital L, ive got a couple of sets of the t rail but no L rail which are the earlier set.

Still confused between a "T" rail and an "L" rail. Can anyone please post some pics for a novice like me, or email pics to dgolding01@optusnet.com.au

Thanks kindly

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the rail that the seat slides on with the T rail is about 20 to 25mm wide
and the L rail is about 12 mm wide at the top

hope that makes sense

Thanks Dave. Do you know if the seats are interchangeable?

And most importantly, does anyone know when VW switched from the "L" rail track to the "T" rail track?

the 69 and 70 we have has got the early L rails,and like others have said best of luck finding any later type seats,would you be able to get away with having the early style seat which dosent have the locking type back???

u can fit T rail (71-74) seats on L rail bugs but there abit loose
u need to fit the plastic bushing from the original t runners to fit them snuggly

-Joel