Tony,
Thanks for clearing up this mystery. Hope the "other Chuck" reads this and
can help "the other Tony."
BTW, are the seats I described typical of original equipment in Morgans of
that vintage? It looks so crude but at the same time so Morganesque.
Chuck Vandergraaf
'52 +4 (2 seater)
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> From: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.[SMTP:ldmcjr@zebra.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 12:09 AM
> To: Morgan Mailing List
> Subject: Re: front seats
>
> >Tony,
> >
> >If the Morgan reflector states that I own a flat rad 4-seater, the
> reflector
> >is wrong. I've only got a two-seater. The "seats" in my car are about
> as
> >rudimentary as they come. The back rest is one piece with thin plywood
> on
> >the back (and two round finger holes or ventilation holes) and some sort
> of
> >leatherette material on the front. The back is stuffed with what appears
> to
> >be a coarse fibrous material. The seats themselves consist of
> >plywood-and-wood units, with the piece of wood in the rear being very
> thin,
> >and the one in front bigger, so that the plywood forms a wedge. There is
> a
> >steel rod that keeps the unit from collapsing from the weight of the
> driver
> >or passenger. The plywood-wood units are held in place by the cross
> members
> >of the chassis. The seat cushions are square and there is no indication
> >that they were ever meant to be inflated. I haven't opened them up to
> see
> >what's inside.
> >
> >Sorry, that's the best I can do. I'm copying this to the Morgan network
> in
> >the hope that somebody else can help you.
> >
> >Did you buy a new chassis? If so, who supplied it and at, roughly, what
> >cost? Does your chassis have the back of the rear springs slide through
> a
> >slot in the round rear cross member?
> >
> >Chuck Vandergraaf
> >'52 +4, P.2473/V.345.ME
> >'85 Chrysler LeBaron Turbo
> >'86 MR2
> >Pinawa, Manitoba, R0E 1L0
> >Canada
> >vandergraaft@aecl.ca
> >
> >> ----------
> >> From: tjsouz@epix.net[SMTP:tjsouz@epix.net]
> >> Sent: April 21, 1998 9:46 AM
> >> To: Vandergraaf, Chuck
> >> Subject: front seats
> >>
> >> Hi Chuck,
> >> I gather from the Morgan reflector that you own a flat rad 4 seater. I
> >> am currently restoring a '52 4 seater which came to me as a bunch of
> >> parts that should have gone to the trash bin! Anyway, I'm close to a
> >> rolling chassis at present and starting to think ahead to when the new
> >> body comes from The Factory. How do the front seats fasten to the
> >> floor? There were two steel bars bolted to the second cross member on
> >> the original chassis. On later four seaters I've seen bars bolted to
> >> the floor behind the cross member. I have the grooved wooden pieces
> >> that the seat rails sit in. I assume that after some adjustment fore
> >> and aft you then clamp down on the bars. Where relative to the cross
> >> member are your seats located?
> >>
> >> Regards, Tony Souza
> >>
>
> Chuck -
>
> I think that Tony misread the crossreference on my Registry - There is a
> Chuck Wehrie who owns a 1952 Plus 4, 4-str... Interesting that two Chucks
> have two 52's...
>
> Tony McLaughlin
>
>
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