I'm planning on using seats from my son's Mazda Miata. These are the most
comfortable seat I've sat in, and they have the capability of putting
stereo speakers in the headrests. We did this to his Miata and it was
amazing how good the quality and volume of the sound was. I've seen a photo
of a Spit someone else had used Miata seats successfully, but I can't
remember where. There is a U.S. company that sells over 50 colors of seat
covers for Miatas in both vinyl and leather. They will also sew on a
TRIUMPH logo that you can supply for a nominal cost. I'm planning on
sending them a jacket patch from Moss or Victoria British. For a higher
price they will do custom artwork and embroyder a logo. You can see what
this will look like on my web page
( http://pages.prodigy.net/mikeross/ ) and get the link to the company.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry L. Thompson <tlt@digex.net>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Seats
>
>I was going to say that I've seen several restomods of spits that were
>using the corbeau seats, and they look like they fit well in the car. But
>I've never heard anyone say anything about the comfort of a Corbeau seat.
>(One of the things I liked so much about the spitfire is that I'm 6'2" and
>can fit in the car quite comfortably, and I think part of it has to do with
>the seats.)
>
>I really want my car to look nice, but I hear from so many people that own
>spits as well as people that ride in my car how comfortable the stock spit
>seats are. And I think you might be sacrificing comfort for cost.
>
>If you decide to get the Newton made to original spec seat covers and
>foams, get a set of hog-ring pliers. I put mine together with regular
>needle nose and slip-joints and had sore hands for a week.
>
>When I did the upholstery on the 50 ford, I got the hogring pliers and the
>hog-rings went on without any problem. It took the better part of a weekend
>to clean the rails, remove the old mildewed covers, paint the rusty parts
>and then put it all back together with new spit foams and covers.
>
>Also, I want to say that I may have been just lucky, but the covers
>lined-up really well, and the end result looks really good even on the
>harry home-owner jobs that I've seen at shows.
>
>But you are right...those kits are expensive. (I think I paid $450 for my
>set.)
>
>If you're really price conscious, Newton will sell you the stuff direct
>from England.
>I no longer have the price sheets, but I seem to remember that after the
>conversion rates the cost was close to around $200-$300 for everything (the
>price of about one corbeau seat).
>
>If you do get a new-styled seat from a junkyard or seat manufacturer, save
>those seat frames that you have. I've seen a lot of requests from people
>looking for them on lists over the years.
>
>Terry L. Thompson
>'76 spit 1500
>Maryland
>
>P.S. The vinyl is very durable and matches the rest of the interior. After
>getting cought in a few down-pours I'm very happy I didn't pay the extra
>$100 for the leather
>upgrade. If you have a trailer queen and if it lives in it's own
>environmentally controlled garage, and it stays there most of the year.
>Then you might consider the leather.
>
>
>
>
>At 04:48 AM 10/5/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>I had some of the Corbeau seats in my Spit. I was not happy with them at
>>all. I had the Sportsman recliner. I think you will find that there are
>>only three seats that they make that will fit. Two of them are bucket
>>seats. I tried the recliner and the seat was small. I will be returning
>>them when I figure out how to ship them.
>>
>>I will be redoing the original seats.
>>
>>Dave C
>>
>>
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