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Re: Triumph-seats - help, please ;-)

To: milton.mai@mail.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: Triumph-seats - help, please ;-)
From: aj253@rgfn.epcc.Edu (Tony Robinson)
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 96 21:06:55 MST
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net

>
>It is time for some new foam in my seats of my GT6+, but....I have my doubts
>as to where the seats orgianally come from = and hence as to what foam to
>order/find.
>
>The seats can be tipped forward, but cannot recline. I would have thought
>nothing of it, except for the fact that when I try to tip them forward, the
>movement is constrained by the roof (seats have SO high backs) so they only
>tip about four inches from the bottom. Therefore I doubt if they were
>actually out of a coupe, but perhaps out of a convertible? There is no knee
>pads as on my friends GT6 Mk. 3, but I have transmission padding, which
>increases the side-support considerably (=what is I like the most about the
>seats). The seatbelts are two-point fixings, and hook onto a ring bolted
>through the transmission tunnel and the floor of the car. The seat bottom
>can come out, is snapped on with two snaps in front underneath, and one in
>the back. Finally, the do not have seperate headrests!
>
>Anybody can figure out what seats these are from my description? Any
>suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
>
>Thanks y'all,
>
>Milton
>

Milton,
 You have just described the seat in my 69 GT6+. Since I bought this car 
in a junk yard, I can only assume they are correct. Looking at the 
drawings in the Vicky Brit catalogue sort of confirms it.
Hope I've helped.
Best Regards,
Tony R
"GT6s"
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