968 CS and Rear Seats

[lotuselan7]

Sorry in advance if this is a stupid question

Do 968 CS have rear seats?
Owned 944 turbo 10 years ago and then a 993 and 924S.
Want another Porsche but dont want to spend the earth and think 968 best compromise of age/price. I would like to be able to put kids in the back soemtimes, hence the question

Thanks Guys
Mark

[verysideways]

Get a 968 Sport - it's a CS with back seats and a few other luxuries, but still sportier than a normal 968. UK market only (cos we're special ).

[paul968]

Normally no, as the buckets don't allow access into the back. Some club sports were fitted with comfort seats (more commonly lhd ones), and a few have been converted to the same spec (like this one : www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/65082.htm).

If you can't find one of these then a Sport is effectively the same as a club sport with comfort seats, except that it also has a few electric bits put back in, like leccy windows, mirror and tailgate release (instead of a cable from inside the car).

[phib]

Shameless plug, but if you find one that needs rear seats give me a bell as I have a whole mint (50,000 mile) interior from a 968 sport.

Which has come out of my racer project.

Phib

Edited by phib on Monday 25th September 16:40

[lotuselan7]

Thank guys

Phib, does the interior fit straight in? I.e. main concern would be seatbelts. I could always keep buckets for track days. Is it leather or cloth and colour?
Mark

[ph123]

... and not 'homologated' for rear seats either. But who cares.

[willdew]

As said by other poster - get a Sport. The Sport was a CS in the rest of the world, and it's the same expect for a few standard options ticked and rebadged.

And you'll not be able to have buckets AND use rear seats (not that all CS's have buckets).

[aasc]

Some of the last CS's had buckets which tilted (I think OMP also do a tilt-mech for sidemonted seats BTW) - which allows better access to the rear. Can't remember if they had back seats fitted or if this was just to get to luggage...

[phib]

Hi Mark, after my shameless plug ....basically the 968 had the full sport cloth interior (black) with front and rear seatbelts / front seats / rear seats / full carpet etc etc

We are just about to put the roll cage in so everything is coming out next week and will be stored or sold.

I can't imagine its that difficult to retro fit but I am not a 968 expert so a more experiened owner will be able to tell you I am sure.

Phib

[henry-f]

The interior will go straight in, the only thing you`ll have to have a little fiddle with is the hatch release. On a club sport it`s inside the car on the left hand (looking forward) inner rear quarter panel area. This will be hidden by the fitment of a rear seat and you`ll need to sort something out. The simplest solution is to fit a strap to the handle, the best solution is to fit a solenoid to the hatch latch assembly.

Hope that helps.

Henry

Edited by henry-f on Monday 25th September 21:10