So, Guys,
Where are you getting rubberized horse hair now?
Best,
Ray McCrary
"Speed is Life;
of course Luck and Altitude
are helpful, too."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@mn.mediaone.net>
To: "'johncw'" <johncw@narrows.com>; <Roadrunner@Post.com>; "'Chuck Hull'"
<chull@pacbell.net>
Cc: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 6:18 PM
Subject: RE: Pic of old car... {BLESS YOUR HEART, Chuck!!!}
> Remember, that the MGs didn't overstuff their bottom cushions. Most
> upholstery shops nowadays use a foam base rather than the original
> horsehair. The foam usually is compressed to get it to fit the covers and,
> as a result, is often too firm. Foam also does not take on a crush over
the
> years like horsehair will.
>
> If you are reupholstering, have the cushion made up a little smaller than
> what can be crammed into the covers, or use traditional materials.
>
> Regards,
> Lew Palmer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mg-t@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mg-t@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of johncw
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:21 AM
> To: Roadrunner@Post.com; Chuck Hull
> Cc: mg-t@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Pic of old car... {BLESS YOUR HEART, Chuck!!!}
>
>
> Chuck;
> My 54 TF has the original upholstery. It is in good enough shape that I
> won't be removing it so I can't give you info on how it is assembled.
What
> I can give you, if you are interested, are any dimensions you want as they
> are presently mounted in the car.
> Let me know what you might like and I'll start measuring.
> John Winskill
>
> > Every reupholstered TF seat in which I've ever sat seems to sit too
> high--in
> > contrast to the low-in-the-cockpit posture of a driver forty years ago.
> If
> > you decide to reupholster the seats for your wife, some of us would die
> for a
> > dimensional inventory of the original stuffing materials--including the
> > horse-hair pad in each back, as well as the assorted strips and pads of
> cotton
> > supplementary to the sides of the foam pad bottom and to the sides and
the
> top
> > of the seat backs. What is the present elevation of the highest and
> lowest
> > points of the upholstered seat bottom above the floor board in your car?
> Some
> > reupholstered versions have the lowest point (that which cradles the
rump)
> > standing some six inches off the floorboards--very little lower than the
> > highest point at the peak of the rise near the forward edge of the seat.
> > Some of us suspect the proper elevation at the lowest point is closer to
> > three.
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