Well, my 66 B has the same problem with the same result (5' 5" wife can't
drive it), so either that's the way Abingdon intended it or we're both
screwed up. Anyone?
Lonn Howard had this to say:
>Hi all,
>Well, I put the seats in after a compete headliner to carpet pad
>restoration and everything in between. Now the drivers seat slides
>forward to the point where the front corner comes up against the trans
>tunnel and stops. This keeps the seat from sliding forward far enough
>to accomodate my 5'4" tall wife. I suspect that the seats are installed
>incorrectly, even though I put everything back the way it came out.
>Keep in mind that I have never before looked at the seat setup in an
>MGB, let alone sat in one until yesterday. Which holes should the
>slider rails be bolted down through? Which side of the seat bottom
>should the bigger cut-away face, towards the door or the trans tunnel?
>Do the seatback adjusters go towards the doors or the middle?
>
>I may have everything bass-ackwards, in which case Denise would be
>correct in her prediction.
>She says,
>>snip
>>I don't believe that a Triumph person can restore an MG. Remember the
>pilot
>>episode of Star Trek, where the aliens with big heads found a mangled
>human
>>female in a space ship and put her back together wrong because they'd
>never seen
>>one before.
>>snip
>My intentions are good even if my execution is faulty. And I don't want
>to go to my first MG meet and have people ask me why my seats are
>installed all goofy. Can't find any good pictures or instructions in
>Bentley or Haynes so I'm once again at the mercy of the list.
>Thanks,
>Lonn Howard
>'70 TR6 -mine
>'71 TR6 -in my garage
>'70 MGB GT -ours
>'89 Saab Turbo Convertible -hers
>
>"We are but temporary custodians with an obligation of preservation."
>
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great,
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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