I was looking at the Moss catalog tonight and noticed that there is a wood "stick" (Packing Strip, wood) that is supposed to go under the seat rail. I never knew that there was supposed to be a stick
Sorry, you lose. I have the original wood strips in my Bugeye. I believe that the purpose was to raise seats slightly over the channels going underneath. Wood was cheaper than metal, and did not rust
I have the strips, they raise the seat rails to clear the frame rail. Only on the drivers side, the only side that moves on a Bugeye. They were originally ash, but I have oak strips in mine now. -- F
I have to confess that I have them too. Mine are reproductions though, fashioned from maple. jay fishbein wallingford, ct http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/ <http://home.ix.netcom.com/%7Etype79/> --
By 67 the seats were entirely different and don't have the wood strip. The bugeyes and Mark II's did. Annice & Bob 1960 Bugeye (Mk. IV in disguise) "The Sprite" 1966 Sprite Mk. III (Still in Boxes) "
MGBs used the packing strips at least through the 1973 model I had. On the B, there were aluminium washers that fit neatly into holes in the wooden strips so that the amount of crush that you could i