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New seats in an early car
I bought some 74 911 seats for my 67 912 and noticed they dont fit (duh). I didnt expect them to so Im in the process of making adapters. Has anyone else done this? Any tips on making the brackets? I was thinking some 8th inch aluminum drilled out to size. They're already in autocad if someone needs the drawings I came up with.
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I'm doing the same thing now. Since the general recommendation is 1/8" steel, I'm not sure if 1/8" aluminum is strong enough. If you've done the math and determined it is, let me know--love to save 4-5 lbs that way.
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I'll do the math tomorrow. Im an engineering student, so this will be fun
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matt, the rails on your 67 912 (which is what I used to own) are wider than the ones on your seat. I think they were about 1/2 inch or so. You can buy them for about 75$ or spend about half an hour and $10 to make them yourself. I used a 1/8 inch steel plate to narrow the rails on the floorboard and it worked fine. I would be leery of using aluminum because if you are in an accident, I am not sure if it would keep your seats in place. I am no expert about the safety stuff though.
Again, it is very easy to make your own. Good luck, David
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Im NOT paying 150 bucks for 4 pieces of steel... I'll do it myself.
Im starting to think the aluminum is bad. I'll find some steel and go with that.
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Many threads on this topic (include seat adapter as a search term). Be sure you have a plan to anchor your lap belt/shoulder harness as the mounting point on later cars is different.
Somewhere here is a thread that give the pertinent dimensions. Older (pre-73) seat rails are about 18" on center, the newer seats are 16" on center. This is one thread: RSL-Classic seats . If you do not want to fab your own, try PEParts (www.peparts.com).
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