Mark,
Do the seat bottoms pull out and do they have coil springs underneath?
If so they are TR3 seats. If I am recalling correctly the TR4 seat
bottoms are solid foam with webbing or a rubber diaphram for support.
Jim
Mark Gendron wrote:
>
> I would probably be more accurate if I said that I have a pair of seats that
> are not original TR2 seats. I assumed that they are TR3a seats, but perhaps
> they are from a TR4. They are black with horizontal pleats and white piping.
> The passenger seat tilts forward. the seat back narrows towards the top in a
> continuous curve. The bottom cushion is rounded at the front.
>
> I also have a single seatback that I assume is from a TR2. It has the wide
> vertical pleating, leather facing, and the back is covered with that strange
> checkerboard vinyl that the TR2's used on seatbacks at some point. At least
> one of my books shows a cockpit photo of a TR2 where you can make out the
> checkerboard vinyl on the back of the seat. The seatback that I have is much
> more square than the later seats, and it appears to wrap around a bit more
> than the later seats. The top also curves backwards slightly.
>
> So that is what I have. Does this sound like the description of a TR2 seat?
> If so, how late in the TR3 run (approximately) would this seat style have
> been used?
>
> Thanks
> -mg
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