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Re: Seat Indetity

To: road <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Seat Indetity
From: Thomas Walter <twalter@austin.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:52:53 -0500
Took me a while to figure out it was seat IDENTITY.
<grin>

'66-'67 no latches on seat.
'67.5 latches at the bottom of the seat back
'68-'70 latches up at the top of the seat back.

Little trivia.

Cheers,

Tom

Adam Bradley wrote:

> Later seats have locking backs.  I have two that I need to throw away
> as no one wanted them (one needs new tracks).
> 
> The seats don't actually push forward in an accident but will go
> forward with you (inertia).
> 
> 
> --- datsunmike <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>>I had the original seats in my 66 when I first put it on the road.
>>When I
>>had to make my first panic stop when some a**hole cut me off I almost
>>went
>>through the windshield when the seatbacks flew forward.
>>
>>I ripped them out and put in MGB seats but if I didn't give them away
>>I
>>would have the seatbacks welded to the frame to stop that from
>>happening.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Mark Sedlack" <msedlack@neo.rr.com>
>>To: "Datsun Roadster Mailing List (E-mail)"
>><datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:10 PM
>>Subject: Seat Indetity
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hey folks,
>>>This is a pictures of one of the seats that were in the 66 1600
>>>
>>when I
>>
>>>bought it.  Don't appear to be correct.  Anyone recognise it?
>>> http://home.neo.rr.com/mark2000/images/datsun2000/orig_seat.jpg
>>>
>>>Mark Sedlack
>>>OROC
>>>Cuyahoga Falls OH
>>>66 1600
>>>
>>http://home.neo.rr.com/mark2000/images/datsun2000/roadstershots.htm
>>
>>>77 280Z http://home.neo.rr.com/mark2000/Myz.jpg
>>>
> 
> 
> =====
> Adam
> '70 1600 SPL311-28181
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