[TR] TR2 quick release seats

[Reihing, Randall S.]

Chris,

Like many others have done I have driven my TR3A on long trips, the longest once being in early spring from Toledo to Daytona and back, around 2200 miles roundtrip but with several hundred more while at Daytona itself, passing from snow and slush, through steady rain and windy thunderstorms to the sunny and warm sands of Daytona Beach itself.

So, how did we keep the car clean?

The side curtains fit really well and we never got wet. At Daytona the car was easy to clean. It had Triumph rubber floor mats, no carpet under the seats, and the only carpet was on the transmission tunnel and the inclined area behind the seats. Nothing on the floor itself. I had cleaned and painted the floorboards with automotive primer and black paint. At the car wash we pulled out the rubber floor mats and vacuumed the interior, including under the seats. No problem and the car was clean. When I first obtained the car it had carpet with sound absorbent material under it, on the floorboards and under the seats. It looked very nice but like you I was concerned about wet conditions and the sand we would inevitably track into the car at Daytona so the floorboard carpet was removed and replaced with Triumph rubber floor mats. It worked so well and there was not enough difference in the noise level to warrant reinstalling them. It is still that way.

The car is a rust free CA TR3A, originally imported, sold and owned in San Diego. In the mid 70's it made it's way through Yellowstone National Park to Ripon, WI, and then to the Toledo, Ohio, area where it now resides in my garage.

I have never had an issue with rain making me, my passenger, or  the interior wet in driving through rain. While the rubber floor mats do make it easy to clean, I also have a set of carpets for the floorboards, held in place with firewall clips that fit under the seats if installed. To date I have not done that but am considering it since we no longer take long trips in the TR3A preferring day trips now, only in good weather with dry roads. If I do that I would still use the rubber floor mats over the carpets. However, if we were to embark on another long distance journey in the TR3A it would be with no carpet under the seats or on the floorboards and the rubber floor mats in their place.

Randall Reihing
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From: Triumphs [triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] on behalf of Chris Simo [ccsimonsen at gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2018 7:03 AM
To: list Triumph
Subject: [TR] TR2 quick release seats

I had a good friend die recently after a lumber truck failed to stop on the freeway.  That got me thinking about many things.  One, is I'm not driving my Triumphs enough.

Im going to start driving my TR2 and TR4 rain or shine.

For the TR4, Im going to pull the carpet. put Roadkill on the floor where the seats are and reinstall carpet except not putting carpet under the seat. That way, I should be able to remove all carpet and dry the floor when it gets wet. Any more/better ideas here?

The TR2 is a bit more difficult. I will get wet when it rains. I can omit the carpet under the seats, but I can't dry the floors under the seats without removing 24 or more nuts....  I guess I can use my air hose to blow out most of the water under there.  Any been there done that ideas out there?

Thanks!


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