The Spitfire of that era had a bad habit of breaking the seats as you have
described. I also suggest getting it welded an reinforced at the same
time. I have had about 4 Spits ranging from 74 to 79 and 3 have had broken
seats. Even if you find a good one how long will it last?
Good Luck
John Peacock
80 TR8
80 TR7 Spider 16v project FOR SALE
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> From: DANMAS@aol.com
> To: randle@concentric.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: '78 spitfire seats
> Date: Friday, October 24, 1997 2:06 PM
>
> In a message dated 97-10-24 15:06:48 EDT, randle@concentric.net writes:
>
> > I have been putting up with a broken driver seat (LHD). I prop the
head
> > rest against the roll bar. If I hit a bump I prevent putting much
> > strain on the seat back by hitting my head on the roll bar. I'm
> > starting to get a flat spot on the back of my head. Does anyone out
> > there have a seat frame they would be willing to part with, it needs
to
> > fit a '78 Spit.
>
> Rod:
>
> Have you considered taking the seat to a welder, and having it welded upI
I
> have done this with some seats (in a Toyoto) that were broken as the
result
> of a "rear-ender" with good results, and the cost was negligable, since I
> removed the covering before hand. Depending on where the break is, you
might
> need to weld on some stiffener pieces as well.
>
> Dan Masters,
> Alcoa, TN
>
> '71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
> '71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion -
see:
> http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
> '74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition
> '68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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