Porsche seat?

T2 · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:10 pm Post subject: Porsche seat?

I bought this seat with some other VW stuff. The guy told me it was for a Porsche, I guessing because of the HULS seat recliner?

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I am a VW guy so I have zero Porsche knowledge. Any help identifying it would be great including years it fits etc.

James Davies · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 5:26 am Post subject: Re: Porsche seat?

That is definitely a recliner built under license from Reutter (Recaro/Porsche), and possibly even made by Reutter. It is not a Porsche seat though.

So it could be for another sports car from the period. A number of sports cars in the 1950s and 1960s used this design and had either Reutter supply them with ratcheting recliners or built them or had them built under license. Jaguar XK140, Maserati Sebring, and many others used this design. I have not seen this one before.

RUNKLE · Samba Member Joined: July 19, 2014 Posts: 5858

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That is a Mercedes seat, driver side - mid to late 1950's, not model specific.

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James Davies · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:06 am Post subject: Re: Porsche seat?

Thanks RUNKLE. Here's a link showing the diagram for the seat.

https://shop.oldtimer-jelinek.de/index.php/cat/c1438_91-1-Fahrersitz.html

and the reference to either Keiper (#56 and 58 ) or Reutter (#71 and 73) reclining mechanisms.

T2 · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2025 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: Porsche seat?

Thank you guys.


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