The bit of wood screwed to the sill boards on each side of the car that the
seat back sits behind is also an adjustment point for the seat back. The
backrest can be placed either in front of or behind the piece of wood to
move it forward or backward by about 3 inches or so. This works along with
the adjustable support at the top of the seat back to give an " adequate"
range of adjustment .
-----Original Message-----
From: LSelz@aol.com <LSelz@aol.com>
To: carfindr@tiac.net <carfindr@tiac.net>; Morgans@autox.team.net
<Morgans@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: More questions!
>Jeff - Re: "...seat dimensions....gaps...."
>
>I went out and measured the seats on my '66 4/4 (which has a slightly
>different seating system than yours, but is a two-seater), and found that
my
>seat bases are 19" long by 15" wide, and therefore are a tight fit between
>the chassis crossmembers, and between the sill and tunnel. The seat bases
>are not attached to anything, and lift right out. The (pneumatic) cushions
>are exactly the same dimensions The top of the backrest fits flush against
a
>wooden crosspiece which bolts to each side of the tub with wingnuts sliding
>in a slotted angle iron, to provide a bit of fore-and-aft adjustment. The
>bottom of the backrest sits on the floor, wedged between a crossmember and
a
>bit of wood screwed to the floorboard. The backrest is ALSO not attached
to
>anything. (Must not be a Consumer Products Safety Commission in England).
>There is about a two-inch gap between the bottom of the backrest and the
back
>of the seat cushion. In this gap you can see the front mounts for the leaf
>springs, and the seat belt anchors. It looks horribly uncomfortable.
When
>I first looked at those steel flanges, I thought it would rip my pants
clean
>off and cut me open, but I've never felt them, despite flinging the car
>wildly about.
>
>My car may be wrong, but if it is, it's wrong the same way yours is. In
>Morgan terms, that may just make it right.....Others who know what it's
>SUPPOSED to look like may be able to assist; all I did was use a measuring
>tape on a 33 year old car......caveat requestor!
>
>
> Lannis
>
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