<VV> Preferred aftermarket seats?

[Dave Keillor]

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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