[Healeys] Easily removable 4 seater rear seat pans?

[Dave Murphy]

Michael,
Thanks for sharing your solution! Shortening my three hour job (-in addtition
to all that is entailed in removing the rear wheels, I've got to wash the car
to get rid of greasy palm prints, wash my pants and buy new shirts) to ten
seconds is revolutionary! How did you attach the clips to the seat pans
without something being visible from above?
-Dave




Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:12:18 -0400
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Easily removable 4 seater rear seat pans?
From: michaelsalter at gmail.com
To: ATIGHTPROD at aol.com
CC: p_cquinn at tpg.com.au; roadwarriordave at hotmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net

I had the same problem with the first BJ8 that I owned.
The sealing compound I put in the fuel tank caused unending problems with the
fuel pump so I replaced the 10/32 studs and nuts with the same clips used to
hold the door trim panels on.. It looked completely original from the top and
made the seat pan removal a 10 second job and they never came out without
using a trim panel fork which i kept in the box in the center consul....it was
a '64...

Michael Salter

                         I have BJ8 water pump kits!!



On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:02 PM, <ATIGHTPROD at aol.com> wrote:

The first Austin-Healey I owned also had self tapping screws through the
leather and the seats right in to the metal underneath. I don't know if the
previous owner did this modification or it came that way, but I bought the
car  in 1970 and it had already been reupholstered. So maybe the guys doing
the work  thought this was the way to go. Or they lost everything when they
took the  interior apart and made it up as they put everything back together.
    But it worked very nicely and with nice chromed,  recessed washers the
chrome screws sat flush and looked good.
Steven Kingsbury
BN1 #598


In a message dated 7/31/2012 2:03:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

p_cquinn at tpg.com.au writes:

G'day  Dave

Yes Jensen did when they fitted the two back seats to an  Austin-Healey for
the first time.

In my car, which is the very first  AH to be fitted with the extra seats
they
are each held in by four self  tapping screws through the leather and
tractor
seats. Very sophisticated  they were with their prototypes.

Only Abingdon would make it more  complicated.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Sydney,  Australia


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