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WTB: Volvo 164 seats. 140-160 1972

WTB: 164 seats. Anybody know of some seats for a'72 164? I have later 1975 style and they got to go. I suppose reupholstery is the way to go so I'd settle for a rebuildable set.








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WTB: Volvo 164 seats. 140-160 1972

The first place I would try is VP-Autoparts in SC. They are the US warehouse for the Swedish company that bought the original designs and have made full seat covers for the early 69-72 164 in leather/vinyl, also door panels, all OEM. Pricey, but perfect! Good luck!








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WTB: Volvo 164 seats. 140-160 1972

Where are you located? There is a 1970 in the Clearwater, Florida LKQ pick and pull. Also, in Edmond, Oklahoma there is a parts yard that has many old Volvos they might have seats.








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WTB: Volvo 164 seats. 140-160 1972

I have, but I am on the other side of the Pacific.

If you are going to reuphoster, I would change to the downmarket cloth style seats. When I got my 1st 164, it was a 74 with GL Leather seats. The back seats are too high and deep, which kills leg room, they probably only suit children who actually want to see where they are going. With the big leather front seats, you feel like you are sitting on them rather than in them, which has you hanging off the wheel when cornering, even at sensible speeds! The originals are a great design, with the leather upgrade, it seems like they made them thicker for no apparent reason and they could have just covered the original seat style in leather and left the rest of it alone.
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69 142S Overdrive + 69 164S Manual








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WTB: Volvo 164 seats. 140-160 1972

I have a set in my '70 which are leather and in need of reupholstering. I am planning to have them done but I doubt the boys here would distinguish between Cloth and Leather as far as structure. I have been told that ALL US market 164 were leather. Once redone I want to put them in my '72, put the ones I have there now in the '70 and sell it. Do you have any seat info you can enlighten me with? Website, specs, type of cloth to use, etc?

BTW, the leather seats in the '70 are quite comfy but they are quite broken down and covered with sheepskins...








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WTB: Volvo 164 seats. 140-160 1972

Hard to beat a good comfy, but ratty seat fitted with sheepskin covers! They are the ones I would recover in cloth faces with vinyl sides. I wonder if you could get the faces done in sheepkin these days?

All I can tell you is my experiences with seats in Australia. 67 to 72 have the same seat design in 140's. 73 to 74 had a variation that doesn't look any different, but the headrest posts are a different width & the cloath material is different. Every 70 to 74 164 S, E & GL have had the horrible leather seats. Finally, in the 67 to 68 cars, I have seen just one set of vinyl seats with no headrests.
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69 142S Overdrive + 69 164S Manual








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WTB: Volvo 164 seats. 140-160 1972

If you want to go with cloth, and I'm unsure ...

... a set of later 240 cloth seat cover from the PnP may fit, rather snugly.

You would want to reconstruct the seat bottom web. The 164 seats and the 240 seats use that paper wrapped wire grid web with the four or five springs on either side.

I've used nylon wrapped steel wire rope to reinforce the seat bottom web.

I did the same for the seat back web.

As for the seat back, the later 240 seat back covers may be broad shouldered enough to a 164 seat back. Though the older 164 seat back head rest post holes are wider.

If you could get a set (seat bottom, seat back) of later 240, like 89-90+ cloth seat covers, and all have the vinyl back, it could work.

The PnP cloth seat covers are usually very dirty and require a good soak several times over in laundry detergent and Simple Green. If you can get them acceptably fresh and clean, perform some stitching repair along failing seams.

The newer 164 seats, like 1973+, use formed foam. The older 164 seats, like 1972 and earlier, use that woven sisal or other compressed plant fiber, like the early 1974-1977 or so seats.

I'm not sure. Just suggestin'.

Hope that help.

Buttermilk MacDuff.
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Volvo 164s are coolest. With M410 manual transmission, of course.







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