Scheel 401S Seats

[Maxthe222]

Hi there,

I've been trying to do my homework on these Scheel seats to ensure these are the correct, original seats for my car, and this site seems to have a lot of folks who are very knowledgeable about the 70-80's Scheel seats, as I believe they came in E9's.

These are reportedly 1979 Scheel 401S seats, and I'd like to just make sure that's exactly what these are. I've seen some of them have a tag that says "TYP: 4/01/S" on them, but these don't have that tag, just the one pictured.

Does Scheel still make parts for these seats, or new compliance tags for them?

Thanks,
-Max

 

[Rouge]

Je pense que les 401 sont postérieurs à la production des E9.
D'après mes informations Alpina proposais en option les Scheel 400.
Mais il y a sur ce forum des personnes qui connaissent ce sujet mieux que moi.

 

[Maxthe222]

Je pense que les 401 sont postérieurs à la production des E9.
D'après mes informations Alpina proposais en option les Scheel 400.
Mais il y a sur ce forum des personnes qui connaissent ce sujet mieux que moi.

I'm not very familiar with them, it was just from some basic research, that could be the case. I'm not sure what cars they came factory in really

 

[Clubsport_CSi]

These very seats should not have a production date before 1988. Because Scheel-Mann was founded in 1988 after Scheel was bought by Greiner. See logo and tag.

 

[Maxthe222]

These very seats should not have a production date before 1988. Because Scheel-Mann was founded in 1988 after Scheel was bought by Greiner. See logo and tag.

Arrrrrrrr. If that's the case, these are not the original seats, and not correct for this application. I may re-trim them or customize them to suit the rest of the interior. It's unlikely I'll find another set in Australia that are early 70's dated. Thanks

 

[Clubsport_CSi]

If acceptable for you, you can adopt some features period correct; e.g., ask Gerrit if he has some of his period correct Scheel buttons to put them in place of the Scheel-Mann label...

 

[Maxthe222]

If acceptable for you, you can adopt some features period correct; e.g., ask Gerrit if he has some of his period correct Scheel buttons to put them in place of the Scheel-Mann label...

Might be a good option to ensure they're period correct. Does the tag have a date code on it? Also, are these 100% the 401S model?

 

[Clubsport_CSi]

Best to wait for Gerrit or other experts to join the discussion; maybe I am also wrong with interpreting the button as it is quite complex with the old logo, switch to Scheel, switch to Scheel-Mann etc.
The button I referred to is the Scheel logo on the backrest; not the type label.

Have a look here:
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