[Vwpickups] Seats for my 1982 Caddy

[decker at toledotel.com]

Hi Eric;
    I'm 5' 7" on a good day and I love my Corrado seats. I have them in both
my 81 pickups. One is gas the other diesel. The seat back is thinner so one
has more room to back off the steering wheel and I don't hit my head getting
in because the seat bottoms are much lower when I have them in the lower
position. I guess if one wanted to sit higher one could use the high
position. Years ago I bought a wrecked 83 GTI because the seats were much
nicer than the stock Rabbit pickup seats. I soon got rid of them and got a
set of Corrados since I hated those bruises on my head getting in and out. I
would defiantly recommend the Corrados to anyone tall or short. You don't
like them and that's fine. Every one needs to use what he likes and what
fits. The Corrados are just fine for this fat old height challenged truck
driver.
Brian Decker
Way to many cars and way to many projects
1981 Dasher 1/6 NA diesel station wagon ( My long distance 50 mpg touring
car)
1981 Rabbit Pickup gas with a well modified 1.8
1990 Passat 5 speed 16 valve gas (  the wife's car )
1983 Mitsubishi 2.3 turbo diesel four wheel drive pickup
Working on sometimes but probably not done soon
1990 VW Fox station wagon with a 2.0 16 valve gas
1981 Rabbit Pickup waiting for a 1.5 turbo diesel with intercooler
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric S" <scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com>
To: "David Utley" <fahrvergnugen at cox.net>
Cc: <alvarotesser at yahoo.com>; <vwpickups at neubayern.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 12:59 PM
Subject: RE: [Vwpickups] Seats for my 1982 Caddy


>
> Regarding Corrado seats in a Caddy:
>
> ONLY if you are 6ft or taller...I am 5'10 and found them way too low,
> better option for the under 6 ft crowd is Scirocco 16v seats (they also
> have the butt height adjustment).
>
> -- 
> Eric
> www.vintagewatercooleds.com
>
> 1981 Scirocco S (m-TDI swap project)
> 1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)
> 2000 Audi S4
>
>
> David Utley wrote:
> > Al,
> >
> >  Here is a link that seems the most applicable...
> >
> > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1945054
> >
> > There are others, I just did a search under 'Mk4 seats in Mk1'.
> >
> > By the way, how tall are you?  I am 6'4", and the best seats I have
found
> > for the pickup are straight from the Corrado.  The tail end of the seat
> > has
> > a height adjustment, and the seat back is thinner than most...
> >
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> >   David
>