DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

I'm planning to refurbish the interior of my 1966 912. My existing seats require a re-build - I think they are later seats, i.e. late 1960s, rather than 66 seats. I might want to replace them with buckets, partly for the look but also for weight reduction. There appear to be a number of suppliers of these, Cobra are the least expensive I've found, whilst the Worldwide Classic seats and BF Torino versions are more money. As yet I haven't seen any in the flesh - has anyone been shopping for seats recently and has views on these or other supplier's seats? Is the increased cash worth it for the more expensive seats? Cheers.

Just depends what sort of thing you're looking for? I have had cobra RS buckets in my car for several years and find them fine, they are very light when compared with Porsche factory seats but are a fixed bucket so no option for getting small people in the back (unless they climb through the gap in the middle!) and are quite a basic design when compared with recaro reps for instance, however despite this they are still nice and comfy on a long journey (I've been to Lemans twice in mine with no complaints) and give a nice period look for sensible money.

Thanks Timo. Did you get fixing kits from Cobra as well? Did they have the option for a tilting kit so small people could get in the back? Whilst I like the look of the Recaro sports seats I think they look somehow a bit much in an early 912.

I used these forget what they where.. GT classic or some thing... I got them via Chris Turner.. bless him.

And they are so comfortable and they lift up.. I think I paid £300 for the pair.. I know they where a steal and I think your looking at £1500-£2000 now for a pair and runners. I could be wrong but I remember they where not cheap!! Hi Tim..

http://www.classiccarseats.com/monte-ca ... s-5603.php

yep... $1350 EACH!!! plus runners and plus head rests!!

Thanks 912UK, those look great but at somewhere over $3,000 for a pair I think they might be a bit pricey for me. I think the Rennsport Classics I like work out at £1600 a pair all in, with Cobras probably half that. I was keen to understand the difference in quality of seats on the market, for that money I have to assume the GT classics are a quality item!

There was no option for a tilt kit when I bought mine (not sure if they might do one now maybe?) so no mine came with just a basic fixing kit which consisted of 2 x cross bars for the base of each seat so you can screw into your existing runners. As I’m fairly tall (6’ 2”) the seats sat a touch high so I ended up having to source some joggled brackets to drop the seats down a touch but now they sit perfectly (for me anyway )

Hi Mark, hope you are well.

Thanks Timo, that's useful - I'm 6'3" and spoke with the chap at Rennsport Classics today who did mention head-height as a possible issue (my original seats are very much in need of work, so no doubt the bases have collapsed somewhat). I suppose with a fixed back angle on a bucket you can't just recline them a little in order to drop the head-height! I wonder whether buckets might be a problem for that reason. Might be worth me looking at a couple of cars before I decide - Stamford Hall might be just such an opportunity.