- 1. Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Gregory Kirk <gkirk@empirenet.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 10:10:25 -0800
- Hello Spridgeteers... I have a couple of questions regarding my Mk1 (1962) Midget's inerior. OK sacrilege time: I'm not crazy about not having headrests (neck injuries could really ruin my day), so I
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00222.html (8,430 bytes)
- 2. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: jphender@soli.inav.net
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 12:54:03 -0600 (CST)
- Gosh, I hope I don't have to spend any time in Spridget Purgatory! I'm thinking of deviating from original color too! Mine was originally BRG but the PO painted it sort of a dark brown with maroon me
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00223.html (9,200 bytes)
- 3. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 11:35:16 -0800 (PST)
- Does your car use seat rails that are bolted to the floor with a stud on the front and a hole in the rear? If so, the yes it will fit. They changed the rear divider between trunk and interior with th
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00226.html (10,052 bytes)
- 4. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Krampits <fred@hprrc725.rose.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 98 11:40:01 PST
- Greg: You have the rarest model midget, also being a owner of a MK I midget I try to keep every thing as original as possible. The only concessions being a moto lita steering wheel and radial tires.
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00227.html (9,296 bytes)
- 5. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Simmers <Chuck_Simmers@ccm.ch.intel.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 98 13:27:00 PST
- I did the interior of my BRG Midget in tan. I just bought a good automotive-grade, closed-loop carpet from the local auto upholstery supply (about $7.50/m) and used the old, original carpet as templ
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00229.html (9,977 bytes)
- 6. RE: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:21:06 -0600
- Some PO of my Mk1 changed the seats and interior color from red to black. I have MkIII (approx. '67) Midget seats in my '61 and they fit fine.(yes they are low backs, but later seats do fit) I have a
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00230.html (10,714 bytes)
- 7. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Gregory Kirk <gkirk@empirenet.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 13:29:49 -0800
- Thanks to all who responded: Thanks for the advice. I don't plan on tossing the old seats, just cleaning up the frames (the covers and foams are shot anyways) and storing them. The problem with a bla
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00231.html (9,883 bytes)
- 8. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Guy Weller <GuyWeller@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 17:51:34 -0500
- My Sprite MK IV I have done in Teal Blue with Biscuit interior which I think looks really smart, It should by rights by "Autumn Leaf" at least that is what it's called this side of the pond, but I t
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00233.html (8,679 bytes)
- 9. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 15:54:56 -0500
- Yes they work....I have 72 Midget seats in my 59 Bugeye but I had them recovered in tan with OUT the headrests. I made all my panels and covered them with Camel (tan) what ever. I also did the carpet
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00234.html (9,981 bytes)
- 10. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: JustBrits <JustBrits@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 20:03:27 EST
- << The problem with a black interior is that I live in Southern California, and the idea of sitting on black seats after they have been sitting in the sun all day is not my idea of nice, Bicuit shoul
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00240.html (8,836 bytes)
- 11. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 18:10:14 -0800 (PST)
- You can also, IF you remember, flip the seats forward when you park. I used to live in Tucson... Ulix __/__,__ .......................................................... (_o____o_).... '67 Sprite
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00243.html (8,966 bytes)
- 12. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Mumford <mumford@rpi.edu>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 19:58:40 -0500
- Just a note, biscuit isn't too much better after baking in the sun. I know black must get blisteringly hot, but I know my biscuit interior got real hot too - to the point where you couldn't sit on i
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00311.html (9,010 bytes)
- 13. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 20:13:00 -0800
- I think it might be a vinyl thing...I now have black cloth and it stays cooler, relatively, than vinyl, even biscuit. I say relatively because they're still hot a blazes, but not to the point of magm
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00316.html (8,708 bytes)
- 14. Re: Midget interior questions.... (score: 1)
- Author: Rick / Carolyn Walters <walters@mail.softcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 12:41:44 +0000
- Hi All, At the last show iwas at in 97, I saw a B with velour(sp?) seats for this reason. In North. Calif. the seats are so hot that even in long pants you feel it. They gave the car a real clasic lo
- /html/spridgets/1998-01/msg00338.html (9,617 bytes)
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