>Tony,
>
>If the Morgan reflector states that I own a flat rad 4-seater, the
reflector
>is wrong. I've only got a two-seater. The "seats" in my car are about as
>rudimentary as they come. The back rest is one piece with thin plywood on
>the back (and two round finger holes or ventilation holes) and some sort of
>leatherette material on the front. The back is stuffed with what appears to
>be a coarse fibrous material. The seats themselves consist of
>plywood-and-wood units, with the piece of wood in the rear being very thin,
>and the one in front bigger, so that the plywood forms a wedge. There is a
>steel rod that keeps the unit from collapsing from the weight of the driver
>or passenger. The plywood-wood units are held in place by the cross
members
>of the chassis. The seat cushions are square and there is no indication
>that they were ever meant to be inflated. I haven't opened them up to see
>what's inside.
>
>Sorry, that's the best I can do. I'm copying this to the Morgan network in
>the hope that somebody else can help you.
>
>Did you buy a new chassis? If so, who supplied it and at, roughly, what
>cost? Does your chassis have the back of the rear springs slide through a
>slot in the round rear cross member?
>
>Chuck Vandergraaf
>'52 +4, P.2473/V.345.ME
>'85 Chrysler LeBaron Turbo
>'86 MR2
>Pinawa, Manitoba, R0E 1L0
>Canada
>vandergraaft@aecl.ca
>
>> ----------
>> From: tjsouz@epix.net[SMTP:tjsouz@epix.net]
>> Sent: April 21, 1998 9:46 AM
>> To: Vandergraaf, Chuck
>> Subject: front seats
>>
>> Hi Chuck,
>> I gather from the Morgan reflector that you own a flat rad 4 seater. I
>> am currently restoring a '52 4 seater which came to me as a bunch of
>> parts that should have gone to the trash bin! Anyway, I'm close to a
>> rolling chassis at present and starting to think ahead to when the new
>> body comes from The Factory. How do the front seats fasten to the
>> floor? There were two steel bars bolted to the second cross member on
>> the original chassis. On later four seaters I've seen bars bolted to
>> the floor behind the cross member. I have the grooved wooden pieces
>> that the seat rails sit in. I assume that after some adjustment fore
>> and aft you then clamp down on the bars. Where relative to the cross
>> member are your seats located?
>>
>> Regards, Tony Souza
>>
Chuck -
I think that Tony misread the crossreference on my Registry - There is a
Chuck Wehrie who owns a 1952 Plus 4, 4-str... Interesting that two Chucks
have two 52's...
Tony McLaughlin
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