[Healeys] Front leather seat installation

[Elton Schulz]

I used the Moss kit on my BJ7. The seat bottoms turned out ok, but the 
seat backs were another problem altogether. The leather cover was too 
tight such that it would not slide all the way over the foam/seat frame, 
even with the trick of using a plastic bag to force it in.
Elton
On 7/27/2017 8:28 PM, Richard Collins wrote:
> I am redoing the seats on my BN7 with a Moss kit. The old original 
> bottom pleats were full as Steve notes below but the new kits are not.
> Neither are leather.
>
> Regards,
> Richard C
>
>
> On Jul 27, 2017, at 6:53 PM, BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com 
> <mailto:sbyers at ec.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>> 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
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>> 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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