Canting the seat worked for me in my BJ7 too. I used doorstop rubber
wedges. My first couple of years -pre cant- were rather hard on my
back, but after I'd added the rubber wedges and fiddled with the angle a
bit by trimming them I had 20+ years of comfort.
Pete Pollock
BJ7
Alan Seigrist wrote:
> Jim -
>
> The other option is to cant the set back a couple of degrees which I've done
> on my BJ8 and it makes all the difference in the world. I put a wedged wood
> spacer on top of the seat rail and fiddled a bit with various nuts and bolts
> to fit the seat on above the spacer and ... well... I can drive in the BJ8
> all day long in perfect comfort.
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Jim Lyons <jlyons4@rochester.rr.com>wrote:
>
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I am looking to upgrade the original seats in my 1966 BJ8. I would like to
>> find a seat that has more comfort and adjustments for longer touring trips.
>> I would also like the new seat to fit on the factory seat rails so I can
>> easily swap back to the original factory seats for shows.
>>
>> Does anyone know which seats were used in the factory Rally cars ? There
>> is
>> a photo (pg. 44) in AUSTIN-HEALEY 100-3000 by David McLavin and Andrew
>> Tipping that shows a nice looking red seat with extra side support and
>> front padding in a
>> Rally car. There is also nice looking seat on page 101 in a Rally Replica.
>>
>> Has anyone found such a seat and done the installation ?
>>
>> Thanks ,
>>
>> Jim
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