Thanks Rich.
Now I understand why my seats were so difficult to slide back and forth.
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich C [mailto:richchrysler@quickclic.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:15 PM
To: Ronald J. Ray; Healeys@Autox. Team. Net
Subject: Re: Seat Floor Supports
Ron,
The black painted steel plates were original and fitted between the jute
underlay and the wood seat runner spacer strips. So to summarize from bare
steel floor we had black felt paper lamination, a jute type underlay, the
black painted steel strips, the wood spacer strips, and finally the seat
tracks.
The purpose I feel was to ensure the underlay material didn't interfere with
the travel of the runner and to stiffen up the area where the 3 holes went
through the floor and the sleeved nuts came up into the runner studs from
below.
Rich Chrysler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald J. Ray" <ronald-ray@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Healeys@Autox. Team. Net" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: Seat Floor Supports
>I see where a company is offering a 16 gage steel sheet for under the seat
> runners.
> This plate goes over the floorboard and below the carpet. I have a very
> vague memory of my BT7 having these rusted pieces of sheet metal when I
> dismantled the car many many many years ago. However, the official BMC
> parts book does not show this item.
>
> Does anyone know if the plates were original to the car and what function
> they serve?
>
> Thanks.
> Ron Ray
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