[Healeys] Front leather seat installation

[BJ8Healeys]

It has been a long time, but as I recall the pleats in the seat bottom were pre-sewn and filled out when I installed the cover, but have flattened out over the last 18 years of carrying my butt around.  I may be wrong.  The pleats in the rear seat pans are still full.

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  

 

 

From: Tim Davis BN7 [mailto:tld6008 at mchsi.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 6:39 PM
To: BJ8Healeys
Cc: 'Healey List'
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Front leather seat installation

 

I did mine much as you did. I do recall gluing Muslin material to certain areas and using a plastic dry cleaning  bag to help get the covers onto the seat back (pulled free afterwards). What I didn't know and it looks like you may not have either is the trick to get the pleats in the leather covers to fill out. Some of the old seats I have taken apart had padding (looked like cotten batting) stuffed in places to fill out areas for a better contour.


Tim Davis BN7

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