On Dec 6, 12:15pm, Isaac wrote:
> Subject: Spitfire Seats
> I have two sets of seats for my Spitfire and what I need to know is :
> What should these seats look like.
>
> The set that came with my '71 appears to be a low back style, it has no
> seat glide hardware on the bottom; it appears they have just been bolted
> down...I don't know whether this is the case originally or whether they
> have been rigged up..I know they have been recovered (poorly) and
> possibly been refoamed. The only adjustment hardware on these seats is
> the tiltback lever, which is silver.
>
> The set that came with my '72 are a little higher, have seat gliders,
> and tilt lever, and have an adjustable headrest (the 71 seats have no
> headrest) this headrest will adjust down so that it is flush with the
> top of the seat, just a bump protruding from the top for the driver's
> head. It sits in a recessed area in the top of the seat...
>
> Which one of these seats is a Spitfire seat? Both need
> reupholstering..which should I have done?
>
> Thanks for any help...
>
> Isaac Crow
> '71 Spitfire (first and only LBC)
>-- End of excerpt from Isaac
If memory serves me correctly, neither of these seats are correct for
the car. At least assuming that the cars are North American spec cars.
NA spec cars in '71 & '72 had high back buckets, the movable headrest
came on the '73.
Doug Mitchell
dmitchel@ismi.net
dmitchel@ford.com
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