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Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:14 pm

I pulled this off of a 60's Beetle.

Can one tell if it is original?

Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:59 pm

If this is from your '66 then I don't thik it's original to the car. '66 had a unique pattern with plain vinyl on the outside of the seating surfaces and a funky basket weave in the centers.

When I redid my '66 I used TMI and bought extra plain material then had a local shop take the covers apart and add the plain sections.

This is the only picture I have.

Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:11 pm

HI Darby,
Yes it's from the 66 Standard. I am also trying to ID seat frames on another topic to see what I have.

Does yours have the fabric that "rolls" over the top? From what I understand that type of upholstery requires a 65-67 seat frame. For mine I would have to find a 65 without the latches on the bottom.

This is the seat out of the 66 STD..

On the Right.

Closest with burlap

Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:48 pm

The pics above are blocked from my view until tonight, but here is a pic
of the 1966 only upholstery pattern and the 65-67 style backrest.

I am not certain if your Standard would have this DeLuxe Leatherette material or not...

Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:08 pm

Brian,

I'm not an expert on Standard models, behaps someone from Europe will chime in. The deluxe models backrest changed in 1965 and the above photo is a great picture of what original '66 (deluxe) seats should look like.

Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:52 pm

Hi the seat upholstery/cover you have is original factory.
Take a look in my gallery pics, they may be helpful. I took loads of pics of my 62 front seats when I stripped them down to repair original upholstery.

Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:57 pm

vwsplitvan wrote: Hi the seat upholstery/cover you have is original factory.
Take a look in my gallery pics, they may be helpful. I took loads of pics of my 62 front seats when I stripped them down to repair original upholstery.

I'm thinking the bug had the seats changed at sometime. Every piece of literature I have found shows 65 style seats in a 1200A.

So, looks like I need a couple of '65 front seat backs.