[TR] Miata Seats

[Lee&John Howard]

Thank you all. You all should check out the Patton kit as referenced by Bob
Danielson. That's what I'm going with, assuming  I get it confirmed that
1990 seats will work.

John

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 6:48 AM, J.C. Hassall <jhassall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joe Alexander has a very nice mounting kit that I really like. Check
> The-vintage-racer.com <http://the-vintage-racer.com/>
>
> jim
>
> Fat-thumbed from my iPhone
>
> On May 20, 2016, at 9:53 PM, Dave Connitt <dconnitt at fuse.net> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> I think my Miata seats were out of a ’99. They had speakers in the
> headrest, that I know for sure all though they were pretty much trashed and
> I ended up replacing them. I used a set of the Patton Machine billet
> aluminum mounting brackets which worked pretty well to mount them. You will
> have to modify the seat tracks as the stock mounting orientation of the
> bolt holes in the seat brackets are on an angle. The mounting kit comes
> with very clear instructions so no worries there.
>
> I have a webpage on installing them on my website http://davestr4a.com
>
> I think someone else on the list has the same mounting kit but I can’t
> remember who right now.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Connitt
>
>
>
> *From:* Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
> <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net>] *On Behalf Of *Lee&John Howard
> *Sent:* Friday, May 20, 2016 2:42 PM
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> *Subject:* [TR] Miata Seats
>
>
>
> I'm scouting for Miata seats for my 65 TR4.  I've done the research, but
> can't quite pin down the model years from which the seats work. Has anyone
> used '90 seats? Or newer than 1999?  I imagine the tracks change somewhere
> in there but have no idea when.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> John Howard
>
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