[Tigers] Drivers seat redo

[Derrick Schmidt]

 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important;  padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; }  Speaking of tutorials, it seems the TU site is down at the moment. Is it just me?
Derrick


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On Sunday, March 13, 2016, 8:28 AM, Ron Fraser via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

Brad    Sunbeam Specialties should have all the foam and hardware you might need. http://www.rootes.com/     I would think that just putting a new seat cover over an old one would create a loose floating seat cover.   If the drivers seat foam is shot, the passenger seat foam is most likely shot too but that is something you can determine by checking that seat.     There are a couple different upholstery designs for the seats, a couple different styles of upholstery and a couple different bottom seat support systems.  You need to compare what you have to what is shown in the catalog.     SS has some of the hardware; probably everything you might need.  Please note that this hardware is BSF thread so if you need to clean up any threads you will need BSF tap and die.     The tutorial on Tigers United is very good but it covers that one style seat cover; your seat cover could be a different style.   I suggest that you carefully take your seat apart taking good notes and pictures.  You can now determine if your seat style is the same as the tutorial.   If your seat style is different your notes will now be your guide to rebuild the seat.     There are a lot of parts involved with the seat construction that is why pictures and good notes are imperative.   Look for any wear points in the old upholstery so you can look for sharp edges and places you might want to put additional materials or padding to stop those wear points. Hope this helps Ron Fraser
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From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Brad Huff via Tigers
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 8:47 PM
To: tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] Drivers seat redo

   Guys, I’m going to rebuild my drivers seat on my MK1A Tiger and need some advice. The seat cover is fine although when I disassembled the seat I discovered that the previous owner simply put the new cover over the old one. They probably did this because the foam and everything else associated with the seat was still sound. That was 36 years ago. First off is this commonly done? People tell me the answer is yes. What do you guys think? The cover is probably reusable and it matches the passenger seat which is fine and will be left alone. It was probably done in the same manner. My next and main question is where to by the new foam and attaching hardware that I might need. I have seen the tutorial on Tigers United about rebuilding Tiger seats and plan to follow those guidelines. I just need to know the best source for materials. My project will begin with rebuilding  the lower seat frame, welding etc. because it is broken in several places. Thank you in advance for any and all guidance.-Brad
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