Dino seats

Reading John Corbani's thread just now reminded me that I need to do something about the seats in my 206GT. It's been off the road for a while having the engine done.
As John mentions the seats are useless in fast cornering, so I want to replace them with something better. My memories of Daytona seats are that they're not great either but it's been a long time since I drove one with standard seats.
Any experiences of classic race seats that fit and won't look out of place in the Dino? I'd recover them in Dino style so the material is unimportant.
Or maybe the Daytona seats are better than I remember?

 

Hi,

I have a few friends who have fitted these in their Dinos. Much better for sporty driving:
http://www.classiccarseats.com/targa-florio-seats.php

 

Thanks, they look good.

 

I contacted GTS and they no longer do the Targa Florio pattern unfortunately. Some of the others look reasonable but not quite so right.

 

No problem, you can get the same (even better) in Italy.
Contact Roberto Cassetta (robycass at tin.it), tell him Tryfon sent you.

 

Thanks. I'm in touch with Roberto about Stratos bits so I'll ask him.
I guess you have a Stratos too?
Mine's a Gp4 modified for Ian Giles back in the early 80's. We've just done a fresh engine since he destroyed the last one in S Africa some years ago.

 

Yes, far superior in the Daytona to.

 

I know your car.
I have this one:
http://www.rallycars.com/Cars/Lancia/Stratos2.html

 

I have daytona style seats in my dino.

I find them extremely comfortable, better than the modern seats in my porsche for longer drives.

I got them from Matt at re-originals. Not cheap, but wonderful quality, and if you buy a solid pattern instead of the alternating black/tan they would look great in an older 206.

Dave

 

Tighten your lap belt!

 

How much?

I have daytona seats and would like to get them recovered

 

I paid around $6K as I recall four years ago. That was a pair of finished seats ready to bolt in.

I think they're closer to $8K now.

www.reoriginals.com

 

Thanks for that, i called into Superformance today and they have just received a sample of new leather seats, door panels and rear bulkhead. Very good quality too.

All you will need is a good car trimmer to remove the old and recover in the new ones. Am i tempted......you bet

Not sure on price though, i am sure if they get enough interest they will get them made with typical Superformance prices to match.

Tony

 

I got mine done 18 months ago by a company called Barton and son from Luton...... been in the game yonks... Excellent workmanship.... thik i paid around £1500.00 and he got the leather dyed to the original colour spec!
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Thanks Graham

Was that supply and fit?

Looks like they did a fantastic job. Do you have a contact?

 

Yep, Off to work now. Will dig out info later and PM you with details.

 

http://www.deser.it/

 

Ending soon. Looks like a great deal if you need them.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-246-Dino-Seats_W0QQitemZ120186160829QQihZ002QQcategoryZ33701QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

$3600, less than half the current price. As long as they were stored carefully, that's one hell of a deal!

 

Last year, I paid around $1400 to have mine refoamed and recovered in glove-soft leather by a place here in town. That's really looking like a good deal!

 

that is a steal....what leather did they use ???? did it match the orignal, would love to see pics of it.

 

It was close, but not a perfect match. I'll get the other panels done at some point. Much better leather than original. Since I had it done, the car has won two awards in two outings. I'll post some pics. This is a driver car, not a show / garage queen.

 

My kind of thinking too. Much more fun and those little eye popping 10 years olds coming up to you and saying " ere mister is that a reel Ferrareee thingy......neat"

Makes my day every time!!!