Seat Tracks/rails Help

63ziggy · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject: Seat Tracks/rails Help

I placed a Want-Ad but thought I would drop an email here. I replaced the pans on my 74 Thing project. The original seat tracks were too badly rusted to be salvaged.

I am looking to see if anyone may have a set I can purchase. I have seen the set on a vendors site. quite pricey. Pushes me to going with aftermarket for the price.

Anyone have a set from an old pan?

Thanks

Tony

emersonbiggins · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject:

yes,
I think I have a couple, I'll have to get pictures, they do have rust where they mount and it may be more then you want on new pans.

uberautowerks · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject:

How much is "Pricy"? Wolfsburg West has new for $39.95 each.
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63ziggy · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: seat rails

I will look into Wolfsburg West. I have bought patch panels for my 63 beetle before and was pleased. I did not think of them for Thing parts. I looked at 72 beetle rails. They do not mount the same on the pan as Things.

63ziggy · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject: seat rails

If you have a parts number from WW, let me know please. I did not see any Thing related.

Thanks

kubelmann · Samba Member Joined: April 13, 2003 Posts: 3266

Are you stuck on stock seats? There are countless better seat that will work without even using the seat rails. There is the aftermarket sea mount tha adjusts front to rear and reclines. I have seen Fox seats asn also Subaru seats that are awesome and look great. I have suspension seat in my off-road Thing and Custom stock seas in my road car Thing. The suspension seats (MasterCraft) beat the pants off of any VW seat for safety, comfort and style. Unless it is a pure stock resto and in that case the we all know that there is only one choice.... K-mann

uberautowerks · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:51 am Post subject:

Yo are correct. 72 bug rails are not an exact match, if your looking for restoration then it's gonna have to be used. However with some welding and tweeking the 72 bug rails will mount and work.
_________________
--- The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
- Douglas Adams -
---
'74 Thing (White)
'71 Single cab (White too)
'70 Weekender (White three)
'05 Evolution VIII (White also!!!)
'68 F-250 (White over black)


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