[Tigers] Seats

[Dave Munroe]

Thanks Ron:

I do have Joe Parlenti's excellent piece on recovering seats here on my bench.

Its clear that my seats are Sunbeam, as they match all the others that
I have seen at shows and other gatherings, including the hardware that
 adjusts the seat back angle etc.

The problem is the foam I got from SS, while identical in appearance
to that which came out of my seats, is approx 11/2" larger all around
the perimeter. The new SS covers are made to fit the SS foam, so are
too large for my seat frame.

So I m hoping someone can tell me what seat frame I have in the hopes
that there are some ready made covers for them. Perhaps they are from
an earlier model Alpine?

(The covers I removed because of wear were custom made and looked
exactly like original Tiger seat covers, but much better constructed
with heavier vinyl and improved stitching methods. it killed me to
have to remove them.)

Thanks for your help Ron.

Dave

Sent from my iPad

On 2013-03-24, at 12:59 PM, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:

> Dave
>    I don't see any information in the Parts List about seat frames for
> the Tiger.
>
> Maybe the 1st question should be - do you have the correct seat frames?  Are
> they Sunbeam seats or something else?
>
> There should be a tech article on Tigers United about restoring seats that
> may help you.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
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>
> Good morning Tiger gurus:
>
> Do any of you know how many seat-back frame versions that were installed in
> the Tiger over the tears?
>
> My car came with a custom-made interior based on the seat-back covers with
> the "flap" center section. I ordered and received from SS a new set of foams
> for the "center flap" style of seat back, but, while these foams are things
> of beauty they are considerably too large for the seat-back frames that came
> in my car...
>
> Did Rootes change the size of these frames at some point?
>
> Thanks for your help...
>
> Dave
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