Recaro seats

[71RS/SS396]

What year T/A are these out of originally?

[Musclerodz]

Originally Posted by 71rs/ss396

what year t/a are these out of originally?

1983-85?

[cpd004]

They are 81. They were sought after back then mainly because they offered quite a bit of adjustability over the OEM seats which only moved back/forth...no tilt. The cars would get stolen and recovered with the seats gone.


Recaro offered them aftermarket as well specifically for a 2nd gen but I don't recall two tone other than what came on the Recaro edition Trans Am.


I bought a set new-never bolted in for my 2nd gen. I bought them from the original purchasers son who's father had passed. His dad bought them in the 80's and they sat around since. He never got the car back on the road.

Here's a pic of my 30+ year old/new seats. I had to swap seat brackets due to my different early floor pan.

[Musclerodz]

There's a redone set on fleebay for $3k. Your gonna have to go to a trans am purist page to get that kind of money for them. Here they will buy new ones for less money.

[SPEEDSTREAM69]

Originally Posted by Musclerodz

There's a redone set on fleebay for $3k. Your gonna have to go to a trans am purist page to get that kind of money for them. Here they will buy new ones for less money.

the ones on ebay are just the front seats no
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[SPEEDSTREAM69]

The seats are a one year only 1981 Nascar Trans Am
They are not the same as the black ones posted
these have back rest adjustment from the round dial on the side and also have pull out lumbar on the bottom
so similar in shape but that's about it

Just the net headrests are super hard to find in this condition, had an shop offer me $750 for them ( didnt want to break up the set) so turned him down

[cpd004]

Originally Posted by SPEEDSTREAM69

The seats are a one year only 1981 Nascar Trans Am
They are not the same as the black ones posted
these have back rest adjustment from the round dial on the side and also have pull out lumbar on the bottom
so similar in shape but that's about it

Just the net headrests are super hard to find in this condition, had an shop offer me $750 for them ( didnt want to break up the set) so turned him down

The only difference is the pull out lumbar and 2 tone fabric. I have a pamphlet somewhere. I'll try and locate it. The cover shows the Trans Am interior and the inside shows the specs on these seats. I forgot the name Recaro uses for these seats.




I have the original later slider brackets if anyone needs them.

[JON Q]

You may have a better chance selling them to the pontiac purists on the PY online forums.

[simon455]

If you don’t find a later model Pontiac purist at that price, have them re upholstered to a nice fresh custom look or to match the original interior theme of the car that they re going in. They re nice cores if no purist around.
Harold @New image interiors in Your local area will do a nice job.