Need help to identify this seat

Jemster · 20 Sep 2009, 9:30 pm

Hi there,
I just pulled this out of my 1970 type 3 fastback, the recline system is not working and I don't think they are original seats, they are on the standard rails though.
Can anyone tell me exactly what they are, they just feel a bit wrong in the type 3.

Thanks All

1500S · 20 Sep 2009, 9:45 pm

The seat is out of a 1972 model Type 3. 1972 was the first year OZ type 3s had high back seats. You could say that it was a 0ne year only as the final year of production, 1973, had the 3 point mounting system the same as the Bugs. Your car would have had low back (and more uncomfortable AND less safe!!) seats from new.

WHO BELTED THE CRAPP OUT OF THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE BASE!!!😂

DH

Jemster · 20 Sep 2009, 9:49 pm

Thanks although I'm not sure if I want to keep them they feel a bit clumsy in it, maybe better if they worked properly and were reupholstered..

Jemster · 20 Sep 2009, 9:50 pm

don't know about the belting I used a ratchet strap and pulled them off that way.

1500S · 20 Sep 2009, 9:54 pm

Someone had trouble puting them in by the look of it! Quite a dent there. What condition are the plastic strips in?

DH

penguin · 21 Sep 2009, 7:26 am

Well,
they only recline three clicks from memory (mine is at the mechanics at the momenbt and I am a long way away from it) so they may not feel as though they are reclining. Its not the same range as the others, you just have upright, really upright and slightly laid back.

1500S · 21 Sep 2009, 8:33 am

penguin wrote:Well,
they only recline three clicks from memory (mine is at the mechanics at the momenbt and I am a long way away from it) so they may not feel as though they are reclining. Its not the same range as the others, you just have upright, really upright and slightly laid back.

These seats have 8 increments of adjustment on backrest,

DH

penguin · 21 Sep 2009, 9:44 pm

Ahhhh

that would mean that my seats are buggered as well then 🙂 Ta

1500S · 21 Sep 2009, 10:39 pm

penguin wrote:Ahhhh

that would mean that my seats are buggered as well then 🙂 Ta

I might be one notch out! I thought I counted 8 individual points but the old books from around 1963 say 7 on backrest and 7 on seat slide giving 49 total settings. If you have less then something has gone wrong with the cam on the adjuster shaft.

DH

68AutoBug · 21 Sep 2009, 11:50 pm

Hi folks

all I can confirm is that they are type 3 seats....

Beetle seats were very basic...

Lee

penguin · 22 Sep 2009, 1:45 am

Nah

I would guess that mine are broken as I am sure I really only have about three spots. Mind you that is the drivers side only as I have not tried the passenger one.

vw54 · 22 Sep 2009, 6:42 am

yep Type 3 seats when you were removing them did you push the seat pin down on the inner rail so it would slide out

there very comfortable if you re trim them and add a little padding

the large know on the side adjusts tha back rest on a cam mechanism which may be stuffed

after market seats in a type 3 will need some magor work in making brackets to get them to fit right