<VV> Seeking Recommendations - seats "proof of concept"

[MarK Durham]

They look great Charlie, who cares if they say Ford somewhere? If they fit,
look good,
 and are safe, use them!
Since my 62 Coupe is an occasional driver, I'm leaving the originals in the
car.


 Mark Durham
Hauser, Idaho
62 Monza coupe Red/Red 4 speed

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Charlie via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> I replaced the stock seats with sacrilegious seats from a 2000 Ford ZX-2,
> with brackets to mate up the 1967 Corvair holes, without messing up the
> floorboards.
>
> They don't have any Ford emblems on them, and they were "free" from a
> couple
> of Fords I scrapped to fund my Corvair habit ...
>
> Matching up different seats takes a little planning, and salvage yards may
> yield a lot of unique options, but it was well worth the effort, and I now
> have 1996 Ford Probe seats in my 1965 Monza convertible, which are so much
> more comfortable, and look great.
>
> I'm looking for some kind of GM seats to replace these (hopefully with more
> appropriate colors), but they were available as my "proof of concept" and I
> can preserve the original seats for someone else!
>
> Charlie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
> Reid Cummer via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 3:32 PM
> To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Seeking Recommendations
>
> I am the original owner of a 1965 Monza 110 convertible that I've been in
> the process of restoring for a little over 10 years.  Efforts are now
> complicated by a move from California to the MidWest, Ames Iowa to be
> specific.
>
> I am looking for someone to finish up mechanical and cosmetic work and have
> found Skunk River Restorations.  Does anyone have any knowledge or
> experience with them?  Or, for that matter someone else in the general
> area?
>
> Also, while I have the original bucket seats I have long pondered replacing
> them with ones with a higher back / headrest.  Any recommendations?  I'd
> prefer ones that "slide right in" with minimal modifications.
>
> - Reid
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