Yay, got the seats.

[Bill Douglas]

Yay, got the seats I had been looking at. They are the 1981 to 1984 type. I swapped them into the SC today and will get my original ones fixed by an upholsterer.

Bought them for NZ$1,800 which is about US$1,100 so quite happy.

[PeteKz]

Great price.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Fantastic Bill! Post some pics installed when you can.

[shoooo32]

Game changer vs the stock comfort seat. Congrats

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

Fantastic Bill! Post some pics installed when you can.

The seats feel different. I guess they wear in to the driver LOL

Originally Posted by shoooo32

Game changer vs the stock comfort seat. Congrats

I already had sport seats. Interestingly the 1979 seats weighed 20.5kg whereas the 1984 seats weight 15.5kg.

Years ago I got the correct vinyl for them

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Nice, enjoy them while your other seats are being redone.

[Ian Comerford]

You got those for a good price Bill

[Bill Douglas]

Thanks.

I saw the upholster guy today and he said he couldn't start on them for about a month. So I guess that means two months. So good thing I did get the seats.

[eastbay]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

The seats feel different. I guess they wear in to the driver LOL

Little known fact is the bolsters can be bent to fit your comfort. Also, if the seats have been roughed around the bolsters can be all F'd up. Here are a couple of pictures of the last set of 81-84 sport seats I did. These seats did not feel too bad, but man look at how F'd the bolster bars were. All perfected now.

If you are redoing the seats bend the bolsters to fit you before the covers go on.




edit: Your second pic looks like your bottom bolsters are bent out wide.

[Bill Douglas]

Thanks Eastbay. My original seats, the brown ones, fit me like a glove after having driven the car a lot over 29 years.

The new black ones torso area s a little more snug than my usual ones. But OK. I may get them tidied up by the upholster at a later date. I think they would fit most people fine, but thanks for the tip re bending the frame slightly.

[G450X]

Nice seats! I picked set of the later manual sport seats a few years ago and were surprised how light they were compared to the early versions, or even the stock comfort seats in my ‘82 SC.