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Re: Midget Seats

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Subject: Re: Midget Seats
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 13:31:30 -0800
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Borgward?  Surely the crusher has them all by now.

Glen Byrns
(ex-owner of a '59 Borgward Isabella Combi)

> I would think that Miata seats will fit in a Bugeye.  In fact, there is
> probably more width.  I don't know this for a fact, but as the cars got
> newer, they usually gained thicker doors because of prettier door panels,
and
> more insulation under the carpet, etc.
>
> Measure the interior of your car and take a measuring stick to the
boneyard.
> There may be other small cars with seats to fit.  (Yugo, Simca, Renault,
> Borgward, Fiat, Morris, Nash Metro, etc.)  You just have to be creative
with
> the seat rails.  Worst case is you mount a sheet of 3/4" plywood to the
> bottom of the new seat and use the rails from your old seats.
>
> As they say, "Replacing seats is easy.  Reading Klingon, now that's
> difficult."
>
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> In a message dated 3/1/01 2:24:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> bugeye15@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
>
> > Since you have a later model Midget, you wouldn't know if they would fit
in
> > a Bugeye do you? I need totally new seats for mine since the shells are
> > shot. I am trying to figure out my options, since it seems to be about
$750
> > to buy all the pieces from one of the usual vendors to make new ones.
> > Eventually I may put authentic Bugeye seats in it, but driving it is a
> > higher priority now.
> >
> > Brian
> > Bugeye in Resto
> >
> > >Find a boneyard that has a few Miatas.  The Miata seats fit right in a
> > >Midget, with minor modification to the mounting holes.

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