I would think that Miata seats will fit in a Bugeye. In fact, there is
probably more width. I don't know this for a fact, but as the cars got
newer, they usually gained thicker doors because of prettier door panels, and
more insulation under the carpet, etc.
Measure the interior of your car and take a measuring stick to the boneyard.
There may be other small cars with seats to fit. (Yugo, Simca, Renault,
Borgward, Fiat, Morris, Nash Metro, etc.) You just have to be creative with
the seat rails. Worst case is you mount a sheet of 3/4" plywood to the
bottom of the new seat and use the rails from your old seats.
As they say, "Replacing seats is easy. Reading Klingon, now that's
difficult."
Allen Hefner
SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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In a message dated 3/1/01 2:24:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
bugeye15@hotmail.com writes:
> Since you have a later model Midget, you wouldn't know if they would fit in
> a Bugeye do you? I need totally new seats for mine since the shells are
> shot. I am trying to figure out my options, since it seems to be about $750
> to buy all the pieces from one of the usual vendors to make new ones.
> Eventually I may put authentic Bugeye seats in it, but driving it is a
> higher priority now.
>
> Brian
> Bugeye in Resto
>
> >Find a boneyard that has a few Miatas. The Miata seats fit right in a
> >Midget, with minor modification to the mounting holes.
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