[Healeys] Seat pans

[Mark LaPierre]

Isn't that more like a few "hundred" dollars.

 I do a lot of things once in my life and usually its just to see if I can 
do it..    Oh yea, and to save a few hundred dollars. ; )

Admittedly, the pros seats do look a bit better.

Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich C" <richchrysler at quickclic.net>
To: "Healey Bruce" <healeybruce at roadrunner.com>; "David Schweninger" 
<quenty at ntelos.net>; "Ron Fine" <RonFineEsq at earthlink.net>; "HealeyMail 
List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Seat pans


>>>  I bought a complete Heritage Interior. The seat foams are not molded
>>> correctly. If you fit the foam into the seat pan so it fits correctly
>>> across the front, there is about a 1 1/2 gap at the back. If you pull
>>> the cover down over and under the seat pan you'll have about a 1 to 2
>>> " gap.
>>>  Heritage is well aware of the problem. I guess new tooling for the
>>> seat foam is too expensive.
>>> So their recommendation is to stuff whatever you have handy into the
>>> space until the gap is filled.
>
> The rest of the story.......
>
> The seat foams are in fact moulded more correctly than you would imagine. 
> If
> you've ever dissected an original seat, you would see that the original
> foams are the same length. However, BMC employed skilled trimmers who
> literally stuffed the rear area of the cushion with bits of whatever to 
> fill
> in the gap at the back as required. We've seen extra foam, wads of cotton
> gauze, even bits of carpet, to do the job on original seats.
>
> If BMC had used full sized and thickness of moulded foam there, the
> individual seat back vs. cushion assemblies would have bound and fought 
> each
> other so the seat back would not be able to come to rest where it should 
> on
> the rear of the frame.
>
> Heritage does a similar practice when they build up their seats in house.
> That way the seat you have them assemble for you will have the fit 
> required.
> And that is why I always have Heritage build the seats for me. We mere
> mortals usually don't have the skills and knowledge those trimmers had to 
> do
> a first class job on what is likely to be the only set we ever build in 
> our
> lifetime. And all to save a few dollars......
>
> Rich Chrysler
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