RECARO SEAT SPECS???

Larry,

Be wary of Chinese knock offs, they are everywhere and it's almost impossible to tell on some items.

I purchased a 'fake' Sparco seat, it had all the right markings and FIA sticker etc. and I'm sure would have passed a tech inspection, but hate to think how it might have performed in a hard shunt. Fortunately I was only installing it in a simulator I was building.

Julian

Larry, Halls recovered leather Pantera seats fit very well, are much better padded than the original vinyl covered ones were and don't have that rib bolster to climb over every time.

The Scheel seats fit the best of the aftermarket ones. Those were the fabric covered ones and Scheel has been gone a long time already, but just being analytical here.

Larry, I use Recaro pole position in my Pantera GT5-S with universal Recaro adapter. If you are going this way you have to remove the original seat slides and to fix the adapter in a comfortable way. Keep in mind that you cant move the seats afterwards.

Larry, I am not sure if you are specifically after a set of Recaros? But if not I can only recommend these Seats. They are much more comfortable than they actually looks, as a reference I drove for 18 hours more or less non-stop after last years Le Mans Classic and my Back was in super condition afterwards

btw they are bolted directly to the Floor without any Rails.

http://shop.bf-torino.com/bf-a...ket-weave-black.html

Thanks to everyone who replied.

It now appears Recaro has done very little change to their seats in the last 20 years. Their current "Speed" series seats appear in size and style to be nearly identical to my seats installed in 1995.

I have always loved their fit and feel as have all passengers. Very little side bolster compression in over 55,000 miles of driving and their cloth fabric has held up very well.

A bit pricey, but....you get what you pay for.

Larry

I'm a fan of the sportster cs. They are or were the seat for lotus in the evora

I have a friend who needs OEM gt-5 seats for a restoration, in spite of what I've told him about them. These are the ones with a large chromed bracket on the sides and adjustable rake. Anyone have a contact?

quote:

Originally posted by goodroc:
Larry, I am not sure if you are specifically after a set of Recaros? But if not I can only recommend these Seats. They are much more comfortable than they actually looks, as a reference I drove for 18 hours more or less non-stop after last years Le Mans Classic and my Back was in super condition afterwards

btw they are bolted directly to the Floor without any Rails.

http://shop.bf-torino.com/bf-a...ket-weave-black.html

Those are really nice. I like them. Are they covered in vinyl or leather?

Which model is that seat?

I think, this is the correct link to this seat (Nurburgring R):

http://shop.bf-torino.com/bf-a.../nurburgring-r.html/

English version here:


http://shop.bf-torino.com/bf-a...__from_store=default

Available in different covers from vinyl via corduroy to leather)... ;-)

Goodroc!
Can we have some moore pictures please!
SF

quote:

Originally posted by goodroc:
Larry, I am not sure if you are specifically after a set of Recaros? But if not I can only recommend these Seats. They are much more comfortable than they actually looks, as a reference I drove for 18 hours more or less non-stop after last years Le Mans Classic and my Back was in super condition afterwards

btw they are bolted directly to the Floor without any Rails.

http://shop.bf-torino.com/bf-a...ket-weave-black.html

Hi you say bolted without any rails, why are they to tall for fitting rails?

Hemihunter, I initially installed them with the Rails that I got from BF-Torino together with the Seats. But I just felt that I was sitting a bit to high up and therefore I choose to bolt them directly to the Floor. What I did was to insert 4 8mm Studs in the Seat and then a Washer and Nut on each on the underside. Works nice and it is easy to unbolt an take out if needed (not that I ever did) I choose also the Vinyl cover with that characteristic imitated wowed look and I believe the look is really true to the 70´s

Har ni sänkt golvet?

Have you done anything with the floor for extra legroom?

What about delivery time from BF?
SF

SF, I didn't lower the Floor or anything. The leg room is perfect I am 183cm tall and 110kg so not exactly a midget. I can stretch my left leg fully past the Clutch Pedal and since 99,9999% of the time I am the Driver, then I saw no reason to install the Rails. Here is another photo btw. The delivery time was a few days, the owner of the shop is Mr Billstein or something similar and he is very helpful. In fact when I bought them my Paypal was temporary declined (from paypals side since I was in Asia during the purchase they blocked it due to security) Then eventually I ended up paying them twice and Mr. Billstein instantly refunded the second payment and was very easy to deal with.

best
Jan

Thank you Jan!
I visited him last summer but it was difficult to get any feeling in that "showroom". But I have not find any seat that look that nice and is that small.
/Anders

The type 1 Jaguar seats might fit. They really are just upholstered racing buckets.

Recaro CS

Whatever happened to those seats with the slats that the car was "premiered" to the press with?

I read they were used in the factory race cars and that DT had ordered a bunch of them but Ford rejected them?

I have never seen any in person? Anyone have a set? Bosswrench?

@ Steeler, very nice seats.

I was told that when Ford rejected those seats as 'unproducible', A. DeTomaso took them back, stripped the upholstered blocks off and used the aluminum bases as the seats in the GR-4/GT-4 racers. Whether that was how he used up all of them or if Santiago & Steve Wilkinson found some in the Modena storage warehouse that was unloaded last summer. Call Steve. I did see a home-made version somewhere a few years ago.

I have been quoted $1100.00 AUD per seat in Australia for the BF Torino Nurnberg R seats that's about $780.00 per seat in USD is that a fair price ?

Hemihunter, you can compare with the price on BF-Torinos German webpage. It depends a lot which material it is covered with. Mine are just with the structured Vinyl, but it is actually very comfortable even on a hot day due to the wowed design which is sort of ventilated.

Back to Recaro-

Previous posts mentioned deleting slide-rails for mounting.

Quella modified my Recaro seats to retain the sliders, and provide mounting studs that passed through the original mounting bosses in the floor.

Large washers and nuts on the bottom side.

I can speak with authority (sigh) that this mounting system will remain solid and intact in a serious frontal impact.

Larry

Back to the original show car seats. Steve has that car which according to him has those seats in it. I asked him if Santiago had any bare aluminum seat shells in Italy. He had no idea what I was asking. At that point, I gave up on Steve.

Larry didn't ask about BF Torino or the one piece shells. Please keep this topic on the subject of Larry's inquiry regarding Recaro seats.

If you guys wanna shoot the shit about BF Torino seats or the original one piece metal buckets designed by Tom Tjaarda, that's cool. Please show Larry some respect and start a new thread. Or ... since there is a whole sticky about seats, these two off-topic subjects would be a great addition there!

Thank you

George I understand your frustration. Already the first reply mentioned a different Seat brand than Recaro. Are we supposed to keep our replies so Sterile that we can't make any suggestion at all? I am just concerned that potential valuable information or "eye openers" could go to waste perhaps. But I will try harder to comply and to be more aware of the rules, no problem.

BTW, am I allowed to wish everybody a Merry Christmas here?

Well, my apologies to "Larry" if I diverted this discussion?

I thought he was looking for suggestions as well?

FYI there is only mention of the "show seats" in the sticky?

...but Hats off to Larry!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk_FR3341bA

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I thought he was looking for suggestions as well?

There you go again, Doug.

Haven't you previously been talked to about your 'thinking'?

Actually, I wrote--

Anyone know of current, genuine Recaro seat models that work in our cars?

As for Del Shannon, Tom Petty and I prefer this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziLagAgoPCE

Larry