What Seats Do I Have?

Rod Schneider · 10-15-2009, 02:02 PM

This is my 1985.5 project car. I'm curious about what front seats these are. They are not power seats, and there was no provision for mounting the seatbelt buckle on the seat (or on the car), so they may not be original. I had to get a bit creative to install the seatbelt buckles! I'm going to have to recover them, but I need to make sure I get the right recover kit.
Here is a picture:

Thanks!

krystar · 10-15-2009, 02:08 PM

looks like just the normal seat.

Goldengreg · 10-15-2009, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by krystar

looks like just the normal seat.

Yea, is this a trick question?

Rod Schneider · 10-15-2009, 02:29 PM

I suspected they might be the normal seats, but not having any mounting provisions for the seat belt buckle makes me think they are not the original seats for this car. A previous owner had pretty much gutted most of the interior.
Did all years of 924/944 mount the seat belt buckle directly to the seat? I ended up drilling mounting holes to install the buckles......

Grandad#3 · 10-15-2009, 02:45 PM

Hi Rod, You can take the seat bottom cover off and it can be repaired. They will take a strip of vinyl and sew it on the back both sides of the split. It will look like a French stitch. It will really only be noticeable to you as you know it is there.

Cheers,
Larry

Rod Schneider · 10-15-2009, 02:51 PM

Thanks, I may give that a try. The seat backs are fairly decent.

moorepower · 10-15-2009, 02:57 PM

Those are actually not the correct seats for an '85.5. They are from an '83 to '85, or perhaps a 924. The '85.5 and later seats have the seatbelt buckle mounted to the seat slider, whereas the earlier ones, like yours, had the belts mounted to the tunnel of the car. I'm not sure, but I've heard that the threaded holes for mounting the belts to the tunnel are there on the later cars under the carpet.

carlege · 10-15-2009, 03:02 PM

is that not a sport seat in the driver side? looks like it has the side padding of a sport seat

krystar · 10-15-2009, 05:20 PM

naw the sport seats are much more bolstering than that.

yea on my 83, the seat belt buckle bolts onto the tunnel, not the seat.

VII · 10-15-2009, 05:48 PM

That is a normal seat? Then I'm confused as to what my seat would be...It looks the exact same except the middle portion of the top and bottom is gray cloth with "porsche" as a pattern. I figured I had a basic (normal) seat and that the full leather-ish seats were a fancier version? Perhaps the version I have is for the power seat option (as mine are power seats)?

running_cold924 · running_cold924's Garage

it looks like an old 924 seat...

krystar · 10-15-2009, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by VII

That is a normal seat? Then I'm confused as to what my seat would be...It looks the exact same except the middle portion of the top and bottom is gray cloth with "porsche" as a pattern. I figured I had a basic (normal) seat and that the full leather-ish seats were a fancier version? Perhaps the version I have is for the power seat option (as mine are power seats)?

yer sound like mine. with the porsche script cloth.

Rasta Monsta · Rasta Monsta's Garage

Those are def 944 seats. Whew!

Rod Schneider · 10-16-2009, 02:22 AM

Thanks for the info! I'll check on the buckle mounting points when I disassemble the car. This will be a down-to-bare-metal-shell-and-back project just as soon as I get my last project (homebuilt airplane) out of the shop.