TheSamba.com :: View topic - what the different in the years for the seats

Sun Aug 24, 2003 3:28 pm

i have a 1953 split window im fixing it up but i would like to know if i have the right year for the seats . how can i tell the different on them?
any help please (any website or book or something)
thanks

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Sun Aug 24, 2003 3:50 pm

i dont want to go all original i just want to know the seat frame if there is any different because i dont know if my seats frames are original.
thanks for the reply

Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:19 pm

the easiest way to tell on the front seat are where the seat back rest on the seat bottom. The end of your seat bottom where it becomes the stop should be one piece and bent foreward and flat. Later seats have the swivel adjuster there.

Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:24 pm

just in case you wonder abou the rear seat are also different from post 55 seats also. The botom will have a hump that rest on the pan tunel. The back will have tabs on the end that swivel where you bolt 2 bolts per side. Newer one just have a single hole and no swivel and the bottom sits on a rail that you bolt separately to the car.

Sun Aug 24, 2003 10:48 pm

An important difference between early and late seat frames is the seat back angle. The early seat tracks were flat on the floor, while later seat tracks were sloped. The early and late seats will interchange, but the seatback angle will be wrong.

To check, put the seat flat on a level floor and look at the seatback angle in the various positions. I once had a late car with early seats and you could only drive it with the seatback in the most reclined position.

-Paul