>From: Jeffrey Barteet <barteet@barteet.com>
>Reply-To: Jeffrey Barteet <barteet@barteet.com>
>To: triumph mailing list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Alternate seats for TR 4
>Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:43:05 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Greetings,
>
>the original seats in my TR4 need a LOT of work. The frames are good, and
>the seat springs are good, but I need everything else.
>
>Looking at my Moss catalog, it would appear I need at least $1000 ( more
>for leather ) of padding, covers, clips, etc....., and the finished
>product is a 40-year old seat that came well before they thought of lumbar
>support or any other kind of ergonomics.
>
>I'm wondering what alternatives people have tried out there. There are
>few seats that will actually fit the narrow confines to my Triumph, but
>certainly something out there must fit.
>
>You racers out there, what kind of seats are you using?
>
>Anyone tried.....(please don't flame me)........Miata seats?
>A Miata wrecking yard quoted me ~$325 for a pair of Miata buckets. I went
>an sat in one of them and they seem quite nice.
>
>I have a surrey top on the car, so having a seat stick up higher than the
>original low-bucket type shouldn't detract too much from the appearance.
>
>Thoughts? Suggestions?
>
I've got a suggestion that will let you stay ine the family. I
replaced my nasty old TR4 seats with seats from an early TR6. These
are comfortable and what's more they, have the folding headrests.
They look great and are reasonably comfortable.
If you don't want to go that route, you might want to try something
historically correct, but a bit more pricey... Autostorica has some
replica racing/rallye seats that, if I were more affluent would go
for in a heartbeat. At the moment I can't put my hands on their web
site but do a search for "Autostorica".
I found it (www.grandpri.com)
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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