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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