? Correct upholstery 411 LE / 1971

[MarcVoss]

Hi,

need some help, please.

I have three different seats and don‘t know which is the correct structure for my 411 LE (build in spring 1971). Unfortunally the prospects contain only small pictures.

A = my sparepart maybe for 411 without L ?
V = my actuell frontseat
H = my actuell backseat, I guess these are the original ones for my 1971 411 LE.

Thanks.
Marc

[raygreenwood]

Later I will pull,up and post the combinations sheets for that,year from the parts book.

Interesting. There were no 411 or 412 available in the US with cloth seats. Ray

[MarcVoss]

Thank you Ray,

Really, no cloth seats in the States?
The color combination is not the question, the structure, I hoped that someone has little experiance in that.
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Best Regards from Germany, the origin country of Volkswagen.

Marc

[KTPhil]

I'm not sure what, if any, Types/models made it to the US with anything but "leatherette", unless they were gray market or other types on non-VWOA import paths.

I always regretted this, since the cloth breathes better in hot climates like ours, though it wouldn't be as durable.

[937carrera]

Maybe a little late but I have some information for you.

I have looked at my UK brochures (usually the same as the German ones, but with the pictures reversed to make them look like RHD)

I have a '72 model year 411 brochure which has two interiors, black (50) and alabaster (52) which was only available on sumatra green (17) and turquoise metallic (82). There is a good picture on pages 5-6

The closest to your picture is H

I immediately recognised A as being the same cloth pattern as my 412LS. This came in three colours black (03), bamboo (0 and mocca (34). Yours looks very faded

My first two type 4's both had black cloth interiors

I can't remember if there is a chassis plate somewhere on the car or in the drivers manual that gives the full trim specification. You could maybe look for that, it's set out as paint bottom half, top half, trim so for my 412LS that would be

W4 W4 34

I have a thread at http://www.vwtype3and4club.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8428 which has some pictures and links. In the years since I have discovered the '74 gold is actually Hellas metallic

I hope that is of help

My conclusion would be that your current front seats have been recovered in non original cloth, the current rear seat is original and your spares are from a later 412. If you find a supplier for recovering the seats I would be interested to know. Over the years I have looked at a number of German suppliers without success, but my German is only fairly basic.
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1974 412LS Variant 1.8 AN engine on twin carbs
1973 412LE 4 door Fastback / Saloon 1.7 EA engine on D-Jet

[MarcVoss]

[937carrera]

You might find this brochure useful. It is in German, but from 1970 rather than 1971 which is the one I was trying to find online

http://www.vw-411.de/Literatur-ueber-VW-411-412/Prospekt-VW-411-LE/
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1974 412LS Variant 1.8 AN engine on twin carbs
1973 412LE 4 door Fastback / Saloon 1.7 EA engine on D-Jet

[kgarchivinusa]

Check the colorcharts in the archive area.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/1971_411_colors.php
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1958 Ghia Coupe aerosilver/graywhite
1966 Ghia Coupe lotoswhite/black pigalle
1968 sunroof bug savannah beige
1968 VW 411 4-door royal red
1968 VW 411 L 4-door cobaltblue
1988 Porsche 924S Targa alpinweiss

(O = i = O) Karmann Ghia rassig und charmant [hot-blooded and charming] [O o\ i /o O]

[raygreenwood]

Here is what my book has.

These are in order. Each section has a first page showing which models and chassis number range at the top and a second half page showing the color combos.

Ray