Hi, Danny!
The seat bottom foam just sits on the webbing, and can be removed when the
C-clips holding the seat bottom upholstery to the frame are removed. The
upholstery on the Midget seats is particularly easy to replace. I did it
all without any tools at all, or any prior experience. The webbing can be
a little difficult to stretch, but it can be done by gripping the hooks
with a pair of pliers and bracing your feet against the frame.
Unless your seat back adjusting mechanism and seat tracks are frozen from
corrosion like mine were, it is pretty easy to remove the seats to replace
the carpeting whenever you feel like doing so. I bought a complete
interior kit from Victoria British, which included all carpeting, seat
upholstery, and interior panels. It looks great and was very easy to
install.
The setscrew for the mirror screws into the mirror base, and butts up under
the beveled edge of the piece inside.
I don't know about the dash overlay.
There should be one rectangular hood buffer on each fender about where the
prop rod is, and a round buffer on each side of the hood at the front.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: Danny Rendleman <dannyr@flint.umich.edu>
> To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Several things, I'm afraid
> Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 11:07 AM
>
> Hi, folks.
>
> Wondering about a couple upcoming projects. Any prior advice before
> I jump in would be appreciated.
>
> 1. My left side seat cushion is drooping down on the left below the
> frame. How difficult is it to remove the seat bottom? Will I
> probably have to replace the seat diaphragm and/or seat webbing? Is
> this a project I can perform with limited tools (hell, limited
> expertise for that matter)?
>
> And while I'm at it, should I go ahead and replace the carpeting?
> It's worn but not terrible.
>
> 2. I successfully removed the right side broken off mirror,
> salvaging the plinth, I hope. That is, I don't think I damaged it
> when drilling out the mirror set screw (the head was stripped).
> There don't seem to be any threads where the screw went in for me to
> mess up. Does the set screw simply screw under that little
> rectangular piece of middle inside the plinth?
>
>
> 3. Is the dash overlay VB and others advertise difficult to install?
> What sort of glue does one use?
>
> 4. And, finally, the bonnet seems to missing one side "hood buffer."
> But how many should there be?
>
> Sorry for so many questions. Help on any one will be great.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Danny
> 74 Midget
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