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Post by lockie1994 on Jul 5, 2012 22:11:10 GMT 12
i am new on here and after a few bits for my 1980 chevette project need front seats,brake booster,1256engine/gearbox and a few other odds and ends if anyone can help
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Post by crazytim on Jul 6, 2012 8:23:50 GMT 12
hey man, assume your the trade me person?!
your location?
have some seats about to come out of my Estate, were from a hatch have black covers- no idea whatsover what colour/condition they are under the covers either... Its at mechanic/fabricator getting fixed and Recaro's insatlled so can't check!
have the booster in the sedan I sold 'tc' on here...
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Post by lockie1994 on Jul 7, 2012 1:53:44 GMT 12
yes thats me and i am all the way down in temuka i know a guy that has originall seats from car but wants $150 for them they have been re covered , do recaros fit how do you get on with a wof having changed the mounts?
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Post by cul8r on Jul 7, 2012 19:20:20 GMT 12
Temuka!
Recaro's will fit with a lil work I put some in my gemini, and have put Porsche Recaro's into my Chevette, the chevette was by far the easier one to do. you can put them on from basically just enlongating the front mounts on the rails. the rears bolted straight on!
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Post by cul8r on Jul 7, 2012 19:22:23 GMT 12
Bought these sweet porsche 911 recaros awhile back, degreased, fabric softened at work, in work time :lol: They're leather, recon it'd be worth buying some nugget and cleaning them up that way? trying to have a period highback look - dont want recaro fishnets or anything...  Wouldnt believe it unless you saw it yourself, but the chevette rails bolted straight onto the rear porsche seat mounts, the fronts were about 5mm diagonally out.. Drivers seat however had alot more work involved due to the electric adjusters..  |
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Post by crazytim on Jul 7, 2012 19:22:28 GMT 12
spacers on original seat rails... WoF chaps have never said a thing.
if I were you I'd keep eyes out for a complete parts car... though location is always the problem, my ones have always been relatively local.
if you would like to investigate freight for mine no worries, I don't want much for them... but freight to the sth island can be the killer!
otherwise practically any seats can be fit in if you don't want an original spec car, wasn't sure what your plans are resto/custom etc or just piecing together something cheap to run about in?!
if going for newschool buckets from lets say a honda or something like that pays to check height when installed... I have some on Chevette rails and when put in the car my head touches roof due to newer seats being solid foam and old seats being sprung so even though they appear the same height the older seats dip down a fair bit when you sit down!
anyway if your into the chevette post up some pics, handy place for anyone building one up, good to hear of yet another being saved from the scrap heap!
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Post by cul8r on Jul 7, 2012 19:24:36 GMT 12
Oh Im Chch by the way, after having the recaro fishnets in the Gemini, I'd be pretty confident that I could make them fit the same as the porsche seats, as they mount very very similar
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Post by gordo on Jul 8, 2012 18:05:13 GMT 12
Ther equirement is that the mounting points on the vehicle be unchanged - seems that it's OK to use adaptors or modify the rails, themselves.
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Post by lockie1994 on Jul 8, 2012 18:46:02 GMT 12
ok thanks for that im just looking at making the car more custom but as it has no motor or box im not to shure what engine to use i have heard you can do a bit of work to the standard 1256 to make it go a bit better? or does anyone know of a semi easy conversion?
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Post by gordo on Jul 8, 2012 19:17:49 GMT 12
Good thing about the Chevette is that it's got a fairly generous engine bay and reasonable sized transmission tunnel, so there's a wide range of engines that have found their way into them,with a bit of work, even more...
There are quite a few people here that have done the Isuzu repower, in various forms and I know of Mazda 12A and 13B, Rover V8, Ford kent and Pinto, Nissan engines, Toyota engines, Ford Essex (V6), Ford and Chev' small blocks and I expect there are many more. Doh, and the GM 20 XE, ETOTEC and LN engines.
Biggest problem may be the diff', but they seem to live with up to 200hp, if not abused.
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Post by lockie1994 on Jul 8, 2012 19:22:32 GMT 12
yes have heard of some of them rover v8 would be a nice conversion but wouldent know where to start when it came to finding a manuall g-box
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Post by tc on Jul 8, 2012 19:28:24 GMT 12
Hey mate, I am stripping everything out of a Sedan at the moment, let me know what do you need and if it is worth it to send it over to you, we can arrange something. I just sold a 1256cc/gearbox to Zep. I got 2 front seat, great condition of my sedan if you keen. I will list few thing on trademe this week, keep your eye on it. Cheers
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Post by lockie1994 on Jul 10, 2012 12:29:51 GMT 12
hi there TC i could be keen on the seats how much $ for 2 an any chance of a pic? cheers
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Post by tc on Jul 11, 2012 19:46:11 GMT 12
Here it is, I cant find the Head Rest from it and there is a little tear on the right hand side, see pic below. If you are interested, make me a offer. I have no idea about price. Cheers Attachments:
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Post by tc on Jul 11, 2012 19:47:44 GMT 12
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