Author Topic: Rear Seat Identification- Beetle (Read 1821 times)

colegobin · « **on:** April 15, 2007, 07:27:33 PM »

I have two rear seat sets. The first seat back has the mounting bolt arms that point forward. The second has arms that piont down. Is the first a 54-64, and the other from a later beetle? Will both sets bolt into the same year car?

This seat back looks like my first

Second seat back

Thanks Cole

G-dog · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2007, 08:23:47 PM »

What year is your car?The 2nd seat is late,but I can't tell what year without seeing the backside.Does it have a clear plastic handle on the drivers side and a round bar hook on each side? if it does it is around 68& later.They can fit ,but not well.If yours is an earlier car than that ,then I'd use the early style.

josh · « **Reply #2 on:** April 16, 2007, 10:42:27 AM »

sorry to hijack here but can someone take a pic of the rear of a back oval seat, i'm a little confused as to what's different with them.

G-dog · « **Reply #3 on:** April 16, 2007, 10:55:31 AM »

Josh,The oval rear seat back has 4 stamped metal bars on the cardboard bit & there are several 1 in. breather holes near the bottom

josh · « **Reply #4 on:** April 16, 2007, 11:11:49 AM »

Sweet, I couldn't remeber what you said on the phone, thanks again. The search continues.

colegobin · « **Reply #5 on:** April 16, 2007, 04:22:19 PM »

ok I have pics of two rear seat backs, both look different. Did the seat bottoms change when the backs did? I need to make sure when I buy new covers I have 58-64 seat frames

Thanks Cole

G-dog · « **Reply #6 on:** April 16, 2007, 05:01:54 PM »

OK, the seat bottoms are quite interchangeable .The backs are more different.Early backs have a rounder radius on the front face corners at the top and measure 49 in.wide (58-64)Later(65-73)are 46in.wide and have squarish top front corners.Get it?If not let me know .I would suggest using the red velvet/black seats you have.They're Sweeeet!

colegobin · « **Reply #7 on:** April 16, 2007, 08:46:20 PM »

thanks for the help, so it looks like I have a set of 58-64, 67-68 and 68-later seats. I will use the early style seats with the solid redish-brown colour for my 62