Input Requested: Seat Delimma

[tdw28210]

I am starting to plan the interior of my soon-to-be Signal Orange '77 3.2 backdate project. I am wanting custom saddle brown leather w/plaid insert seats. I have acquired the leather and plaid upholstery to be used. My original plan was to recover a pair of '80-'84 sport seats with these materials. However, since these will not be even remotely factory correct, I am wondering if this is a mistake in terms of value.

I also have a pair of SC comfort seats, original mid-year comfort seats (in nice original shape) and a pair of scruffy early round button 928 seats. Any of which I could use on this project.

Thoughts? Just redo the sporties and not worry about the value or use one of the other sets? Or something totally different?

[Tremelune]

Sounds like your car isn't original, so why worry about such an easily reversed modification? A '77 backdate with a 3.2 is an excellent car to make your own. Do what you want with abandon of resale. I will be needing seats for my project, and I might just put Boxster seats in if they don't look goofy.

Unless they are ugly on sight to a buyer, I doubt changing them will affect the value anyway, since 1) being recovered, they are no longer original, 2) they are easily replaced.

I will say that orange on brown is risky aesthetically, but very 70s...

[77Targa0912]

The best option is 74-80 sport seats but those are big $$$ and straying from an original fabric option would reduce the resale. If the car is a keeper do what you want.

[tdw28210]

Originally Posted by 77Targa0912

The best option is 74-80 sport seats but those are big $$$ and straying from an original fabric option would reduce the resale. If the car is a keeper do what you want.

It is a keeper. But I am starting to think I should just sell the sport seats and get Stefan at GTS to build me a pair of his with my materials. I just spoke with him and that is something he can do.

Originally Posted by Tremelune

Sounds like your car isn't original, so why worry about such an easily reversed modification? A '77 backdate with a 3.2 is an excellent car to make your own. Do what you want with abandon of resale. I will be needing seats for my project, and I might just put Boxster seats in if they don't look goofy.

Unless they are ugly on sight to a buyer, I doubt changing them will affect the value anyway, since 1) being recovered, they are no longer original, 2) they are easily replaced.

I will say that orange on brown is risky aesthetically, but very 70s...

I guess it boils down to what constitutes "easily replaced". The time and expense to required find a a nice pair of manual sport seats falls well into the PIA category for me.

Orange, brown and oatmeal! Can you dig it? ; )