Dan,
I used a new seat kit from England (the old MG Midget, Sprite Center
Richmond, Surrey and a "Guide to Purchase & D.I.Y. Restoration of the MG
Midget & Austin Healey Sprite", by Lindsay Porter. It's a Haynes
publication and 139-149 show a step-by-step procedure which really came
in handy. ISBN # 0 85429 336 1 Mine is an 1984 edition. Good book to
have.
Good luck,
Dave
59 :{)
59 MGA 1500
05 MCS
Dan Gillitzer wrote:
> Hi all
> Getting some work done on the seats today. The lower cushion is done, I am
> relatively happy with it, I used the old style "D" clips to put it together.
> At the front of the cushion assembly, the seat pan seemed to press pretty hard
> against the cover, then dawned on me that if I had more "stuffing" under the
> front of the cover in the upper part, above the pan, that it'd probably look
> fine. I have an upper and lower recent MB seat cover set that were going to be
> tossed (inop seat heaters) that I could use to get some extra stuffing, so cut
> some strips of this padding and took off the front clips, and got a strip of
> padding in there, seems to be filled in a bit better now.
> The backrest isn't totally done, I habe a question I want to ask before going
> forward with clipping it down. I got the replacement pad from AH Spares,
> instead of foam it's the original style "jute" or "horsehair" padding. On my
> old seatbacks I still have the original sheets of felt covering the back of
> the backrest, folds over to cover the edge of the backrest, then the just pad
> lays on this, plus I have some of the old cotton batting to fill the gap along
> the edge. I also have the old padding that goes around the "ears" where the
> backrest attaches to the seat frame and have got the new vinyl over these
> ears, just down to the cover itself now, which I'm also going to try using
> the original D clips. I have the new backrest cover slipped on to one of the
> backrests. Question is about getting a good shape on the edge, the covers are
> red with white piping, and the piping, especially on one side, isn't very
> straight, has a few curves or bends in the piping. Unsure if this would maybe
> fix itself with use (being out on a hot sunny day, someone sitting in the
> seat, etc), or if this is the way it's going to stay. Thought maybe someone
> has been through this before. I could try to get some extra padding into the
> edge of the backrest in this area to plump it up a bit.
> Dan
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