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    7/30/2024 12:42 PM  #1

    KeithP
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    Recaro Seats

    https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a61739861/recaro-files-bankruptcy-report/

    1966, vert, 347 stroker, T5z, 4 wheel disc, pb, 3.70 LS 9", EPAS
     

    7/30/2024 3:03 PM  #2

    MS
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    Re: Recaro Seats

    Now owned by Scott Drake???

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    7/30/2024 3:18 PM  #3

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    Recaro made seats that we had in our 737's at Alaska Airlines. Maybe it is just their automotive seat division going bankrupt?
     

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    7/30/2024 3:35 PM  #4

    6sally6
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    Re: Recaro Seats

    Are they the famous Ricky & Lucy team !?
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    7/30/2024 4:49 PM  #5

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    That didn’t last long.

    https://fordauthority.com/2020/01/recaro-automotive-seating-unit-sold-to-raven-acquisitions-llc/

     

    7/30/2024 5:11 PM  #6

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    MS wrote:

    Now owned by Scott Drake???

    Holley owns Scott Drake and just about every other brand.

    https://www.holley.com/brands/

    1966, vert, 347 stroker, T5z, 4 wheel disc, pb, 3.70 LS 9", EPAS
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    7/30/2024 5:14 PM  #7

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    Nos681 wrote:

    That didn’t last long.

    https://fordauthority.com/2020/01/recaro-automotive-seating-unit-sold-to-raven-acquisitions-llc/

    That was in 2020.

    https://www.theautopian.com/did-private-equity-push-recaro-into-bankruptcy/

    1966, vert, 347 stroker, T5z, 4 wheel disc, pb, 3.70 LS 9", EPAS
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    7/31/2024 6:21 AM  #8

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    So now Recaro is !@#$  Prices for used seats just went through the roof. 

     

    7/31/2024 7:49 AM  #9

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    Glad I got mine when I could. 

    Scheel-Mann seats are just as good or better than Recaro.  I wouldn’t hesitate to buy them as a substitute. 

    https://scheel-mann.com/pages/sports-cars

     

    7/31/2024 6:25 PM  #10

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    This is what I am more familiar with https://www.recaro-as.com/en/index.html

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    7/31/2024 7:14 PM  #11

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    Recaro as a brand may end.

    However, I believe the products will show up under a different name.

    No more royalties for Recaro?

    Hmmmm.

     

    8/02/2024 1:22 PM  #12

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    https://fordauthority.com/2024/08/ford-supplier-recaro-will-resume-production-amid-insolvency/

    1966, vert, 347 stroker, T5z, 4 wheel disc, pb, 3.70 LS 9", EPAS
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    8/03/2024 9:07 AM  #13

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    Sounds like this is more of a debt restructuring thing than a closing.  I think something may be lost in the translation. 

     

    8/04/2024 5:49 AM  #14

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    Re: Recaro Seats

    At the prices those seats pull, I would never have been a customer of them anyway.  But I'm sad to see these sorts of businesses fail.

    1968 T-code Coupe with a 302.  Nice car, no show stopper for sure, but I like it.
     

     

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