Carl,
I rebuilt the seats in my TR4 with the older seats over the
winter. They turned out really nice a VERY comfortable. I
bought everything from TRF. The old springs were very thin and
rusted to a fair-thy-well. The TRF spring set was from John
Skinner and I suspect the rest of the stuff was too.
The new springs were about 2" higher than the old ones and had
much more substantial springs. This make the cushions about 2"
higher when redone and installed. But about the same height has
the TR4A seats that came with the car. I redid the seat
cushions... adding a layer of 1" upholstery foam on top. The car
is actually comfortable now on long drives. But the seats look a
bit high to me.
John Skinner has parts for all TRs.... check out the catalog
pages at www.john-skinner.co.uk
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn/Home.html
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Musson, Carl
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 12:44 PM
To: 'Mark Gendron'
Cc: 'TR-List'
Subject: RE: seat springs
Mark - I used the replacement springs from Victoria British and
found them
to be quite different from the original. (I'm not sure if they
are the same
ones from TRF/Moss) Much larger/thicker coils and a little
different
construction. They "sat" ok; maybe a little stiffer but I am not
sure
because I haven't sat on any other nearly new or newly rebuilt TR
seat since
1964 - and memory fades in that amount of time :^) The
upholstery shop that
I used to rebuild the set that went with the '58 said that the
olderstyle
would be better in the long run even though the springs were 35+
years old.
(As long as the springs were intact) So the '58 got the new
springs from VB
and I have the old set waiting in the wings...
I think that there is only one replacement available, so probably
the
difference in appearance between covered old and new seat cases
would be
minimal. Especially if you are able to find older spring sets.
Carl
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gendron [mailto:mgendron@speakeasy.org]
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 12:40 PM
To: Triumphs
Subject: seat springs
I need to build some TR2 seats, and I have a couple of questions
about
springs:
1. What's the difference between the early and late-style spring
cases?
Will early seats look right if late spring cases are used, or is
the shape
significantly different?
2. Does anyone here have experience with the replacement spring
cases sold by TRF or Moss? I've heard they're too stiff.
Thanks
-Mark Gendron
1954 TR2 #TS2571L
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