In a message dated 96-11-24 18:05:56 EST, you write:
<< Also, I don't think there was a bottom "pan" on the '3, but was open
springs on the bottom with a heavy wire about 4-6" from the back which
hooks into a "bracket" on the seat frame. >>
My '57 smallmouth TR-3 and '63 TR3-B each had "flat bottom pan" style seats
when I bought them in 1965. The seat bottom upholstery was on a flat piece
(plywood?) that just dropped into a flat-bottom pan, maybe 3/4" deep.
I fondly remember the 3-B as having this feature, because the day after I
bought the car I removed the seat bottoms to do a thorough cleaning and found
$45.00 cash under the passenger seat!!
-Karl
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