steering wheel is tight already without raising the front of the seats. I
had the fulcrum point raise 1/2 " and lowered the seat back hole 1/2" so
the seat back tilts back. Also had a pump lumbar support installed when we
recovered the seats. Driver seat foam was cut down and hogged out
underneath so it crushes, but I think it's still too thick as I sit pretty
tall. I have a 1" dense foam seat I sit on.
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
_______ _______
(______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
(_________________________)
BT7 engine and disk brakes
1967 MGB [image: MG]
A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:27 AM, Keith Pennell <llennep at verizon.net> wrote:
> When replacing the carpeting many years ago I replaced the 1/4 inch wood
> strips with wedges - 3/4 at front and 1/4 at rear. Makes the seat back
> real close to the quarter panel as you say but tolerable. Not sure if
> there is any comfort tilt but theory says there should be!!
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings at rogers.com>
> To: i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com>; Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
> Cc: Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Fri, May 25, 2018 11:21 am
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] seats
>
> I guess the seats can be tilted back on the roadsters, but my BJ8 seats
> are already slammed up against the quarter panels at the back- if I tried
> to tilt them back I'd have to move them forward on the seat slides, and
> then I'd be too far forward...so I just got used to sitting upright.
> Introducing the convertible mechanism definitely restricted the seat's
> travel.
>
> Stephen, BJ8
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
> *Cc:* Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 24, 2018 9:02 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] seats
>
> Just new cushions s, pump up lumbar support, new covers and raised the
> fulcrum point so I can tilt the seat back a few degrees. Have not been able
> to drive it much at all, but the weather gods will be great this weekend
>
> Ira Erbs
> Portland, OR
> typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2018, 4:35 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Hmmmm ... I find Healey seats to be reasonably comfortable (with some
> auxiliary lumbar support). More-so than some more modern cars I've been
> in. You do have to refresh the foam every decade or so.
> Bob
>
> On 5/24/2018 10:12 AM, i erbs wrote:
>
> anyone know what other cars big Healey seats were OEM?
> Or were we the only ones to suffer?
>
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
> _______ _______
> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
> (_________________________)
> BT7 engine and disk brakes
>
>
> 1967 MGB [image: MG]
>
> A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
>
>
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