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 lulu94
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 posted on December 3rd, 2004 at 04:48 PM |
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Seat Rails
Hi everyone, i was out at u pull it today and i found an beetle with some faily decent front seats in it still and i was thinking if getting them but
i have a few questions.
the beetle im getting them out of seems to be earlier than mine (mine is a 1970 1500) but later than an oval, will the seat rails match?
also the back of the seats don't seem to lock back, are the suppossed to be loose and go back and forward all the time?
if not then something is missing and what would that be?
cheers Danielle
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| posted on December 3rd, 2004 at 07:42 PM |
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probably early/mid 70s seats, unless the seat looks like yours it probably wont fit your car. i dont think those ones ran on rails (unsure) and the
flopping around is the crude way of allowing back-seat passengers in and out.
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lulu94
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| posted on December 3rd, 2004 at 08:09 PM |
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not sure on year of the beetle in the wreckers, but it is wide 5 so its older than our 1970.
and we have no idea what the original seats look like, we have some dodgy ass seats someone fitted.
but the rails onto floorpan look similar?
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| posted on December 3rd, 2004 at 08:15 PM |
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pre 71 is the low back models on most bugs after 71 they went the high back on most models
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lulu94
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| posted on December 3rd, 2004 at 09:37 PM |
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thats very nice barls but will the seats fit in my car, they have no head rests
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| posted on December 3rd, 2004 at 09:43 PM |
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id say a definate maybe if it has the older style of rails ie not the t shape rail
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lulu94
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| posted on December 3rd, 2004 at 10:17 PM |
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thanks Barls
i think we might get them anyway and if they fit great if not ill sell them on here for how much i get them for.
Danielle
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| posted on December 3rd, 2004 at 11:01 PM |
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Just get another set of rails and just weld them to the floor..
I have a 1968 Beetle with one sided rails, and I have been told that the late model beetle seats that I have with double sided rails will fit OK... I
haven't tried the seats as yet...
I don't think the early seats will fit onto the late model seats with double sided rails... Vice versa maybe OK.....
Shouldn't have any problems getting early model rails...
Nothing held the back seat on the early models....
Your 70 beetle might have single sided rails??
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| posted on December 3rd, 2004 at 11:05 PM |
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thanks lee will have a look in the morning but i think i have single sided rails, mind you thats really a guess because i wouldnt know the difference
but thanks anyway
Danielle
1968 pearl white beetle:kiss
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1970 and 72 Squarebacks 70 soon to be rotor powered |
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