fittipaldi by recaro. it was given to me by my dads best friend. i just wanted to know if anybody was familiar with this seat. whats it worth. i cant seem to find it on recaro's website so im assuming its not a recent model.
Free seat...what did i get?
fittipaldi by recaro. it was given to me by my dads best friend. i just wanted to know if anybody was familiar with this seat. whats it worth. i cant seem to find it on recaro's website so im assuming its not a recent model.
oh yea. here's a pic.
Damn that looks old school.
yea im debating on putting it in or not. needs some cleanin.
fittipaldi was a family of racers and tuners....i havent seen their **** for sale....so i'm guessing its pretty valuable if you can find a buyer
Originally Posted by Nemesis
i see info on the family but none on the seat. i dont wanna sell it cuz i dont know anything about it and it was a gift. but then i cant find one to match either.
I say go for it, it would give your car a JDMish look.
yea just wish i could find some info on it. gonna steam clean it tomorrow and search for some sliders. i dont wanna pay 2 hunny for sliders.
I say keep it. Even if the sliders cost a bit, you still got the seat for free. It seems to be a pretty good seat as far as functionality goes and it's definitely unique.
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never seen one before, looks good though
It reminds me of the old Recaros that wer in the old Jettas. Look around 1988 or so.
Get sliders off any seat that you can cut off (junkyard seat). Then tack weld them on to your seat. Finally, weld a sqare seatbrakcet with mount tabs. That's all that the big aftermarket seat manufacturers do (Recaro, Corbeau, etc.).
Keep it, and then sell it after like 15-20 years.It'l be worth the value.
thanks for the input guys. i just realized u could move the sides into your ribs. pretty cool.
A cookie for the person who finds me some info on it!
Since Recaro is JDM and allI say go for it, it would give your car a JDMish look.
oh yea lol. but u said "look". dont see how seats give it a jdm look but at least he was bein positive ha.
The only other time I have seen seats like that are in a DSM. It was a Fittipaldi Talon(1of1).
Pics!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...aldiTalon3.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...aldiTalon4.jpg
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Proud former owner and future owner of a 1996 Mitshibishi Eclipse Spyder GSX(AWD). Ready to sell it back to me yet, Vonrok?
Those would look nice in a car thats a little older than your 240 IMO
That seat is named for Emmerson Fittipalti and was a real beast of a race driver in the 80's as far as racing. He was on the leading edge of the tuner market offering aftermarket wheels made by O.Z.for cars back when that was still a forein concept to many. To answer your question, that seat was very expensive when it was new. It probably came out in the late 80's or early 90's so it it is period specific to your car. if you are into nostalgia keep it.
Last edited by ruffian; 12-17-2007 at 03:26 PM.
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Good info.
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