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Re: Seats, what else will fit?


  Another "Yank" here Andy!  No offense, but what is a squab?  And what is
a "Leone"  Don't have them in the US so far as I know.....
Thanks!
Theo B
1970 Fastback "The Frosted Flake"

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> From: Australian T3 Register <vwtype3@macquarie.matra.com.au>
> To: type-3@umich.edu
> Subject: Re: Seats, what else will fit?
> Date: Saturday, February 07, 1998 6:42 AM
> 
> On 06-Feb-98, MrRebel666@aol.com wrote:
><snip>> If you're average size, (not like me 6'2") you can fit Subaru '80
- '84 Leone
> seats on to the original T3 bases by removing a couple of bits and
drilling 4
> holes - you remove the sliders off the Subaru seats, take the VW squabs
off
> the base, remove the round adjusting knob and rod off the base and drill
a
> hole in each corner to correspond with the thread on the bottom of the
Subaru
> seats where the sliders were attached, use the existing bolts and screw
on to
> the VW base then slide it all back into the car.
> 
> These Subaru seats, which have removable/adjustable headrests, tilt
forward
> enough to get
> in the car, they also lay back
> and if you get them off the top of the range model the drivers seat also
has a
> lumbar adjustment.
> 
> Both my brother and I have these seats in out T3's, his are on the
original VW
> bases and mine are on specially made up ones to accommodate my long legs.
> 
> If you want to see what they look like go to our T3 Register web page at:
> 
> http://macquarie.matra.com.au/~vwtype3
> 
> Click on "members cars" in the "Scrapbook" section and go to Bernie's
car, the
> beige '68 Notch.
> 
> Andy - Oz T3 Register.  
> 


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