<VV> Preferred aftermarket seats?

[Charlie]

I think it was warned before that if the belts are integrated with the
seats, the entire unit will crash you against the dash if the brackets are
not strong enough to hold you AND THE SEATS to the floor?

So, make sure your brackets are strong enough to hold everything back!

Charlie


-----Original Message-----
From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
Dave Keillor via VirtualVairs
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 1:46 PM
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Subject: Re: <VV> Preferred aftermarket seats?

Corbeau has a Corvair specific mount for their seats.


Dave Keillor

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Sethracer--- via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> Okay - Aftermarket seats. Generally speaking, "aftermarket" means 
> universal  fit seats. Not anything from an OEM application. First 
> things first, convertibles normally have vinyl seating, because of 
> rain. Stuff happens, and vinyl is easier to clean and dry than cloth. 
> As far as the application.
> Believe it or not, the Corvair was a regular application called out 
> back in the 60s and 70s for custom seat tracks. Most custom seating, 
> like Recaro, Koenig, and tons of others, have seat tracks that are 
> attached to the seat and present a standard bolt pattern projecting 
> downward. each application like, say  1965-66 Corvair, has an upper 
> configuration that attaches to that standard  seat pattern and a lower 
> configuration that presents a group of flat brackets with holes in 
> them to match the floor of the car. There is a manufacturer of seats 
> from Southern California called PROCAR by SCAT - They  have the same 
> parent company that makes Crankshafts/Rods/etc and another division 
> that still builds VW stuff. They started building off road seats - 
> complementing their VW business, but now build many kinds of seating.
>
>
> They offer quite a selection of different types of seats, see their  site:
>
> http://procarbyscat.com/seats
>
>
>  They also offer seat brackets for some Corvair cars.
> From their website:
>     P/N 81106  Chevy  Corvair  1965-1967  Driver   P/N 81106  Chevy
> Corvair  1965-1967  Passenger
>
> (Honestly, I don't know how well the brackets fit the 67, but probably 
> fine  on a 65-66)
>
> The design of the bracket - At least the "universal" bracket - looks  
> like it would allow the Recaro or other similar style seats to mount 
> to it. They used the horizontal-tube in their brackets, too.
>
> Now -  Sit down and relax!
>
> -Seth Emerson
>
>
> In a message dated 3/27/2015 12:07:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
> virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:
>
> I see on  ebay a bunch of aftermarket Corvair bucket seats with head
rests.
> Any one  in particular that is preferred? This will be for a convertible.
> --
> IV
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