When I read your first message on this topic I said "No way would a car
company manufacture handed seats. It would be more expensive to make and
you have to keep track of it during assembly...no, a crazy idea!"
Well...these cars are unique. So I checked mine. I always thought they
looked asymmetrical but I thought it was due to the frame being bent (which
it is slightly), but sure enough I can see that they are handed. And we
continue to learn. Thank you for sharing your experiences with the list.
It's stuff like this that make it the valuable resource it is. Lead on,
Jeff.
Terry Banbury
Mk III
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> From: Jeff McNeal[SMTP:jmcneal@ohms.com]
> Reply To: Jeff McNeal
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 11:21 AM
> To: Spitfire List
> Subject: Upholstery saga continues
>
>
> First off, thanks to those who enlightened me about the right-left
> orientation of my Mk3 seats. I had no idea. Obviously, my upholstery guy
> didn't, either.
>
> It has become apparent to me now, that in addition to my driver seat back
> being out of whack, the shop placed the wrong back cover on the passenger
> seat, which is further reason why he couldn't get the driver seat to look
> right. It was bent, but he was also trying to fit the wrong cover. It
> will
> be interesting to see whether they will be able to remove and refit that
> cover to the other seat now without ruining it.
>
> I hope that this hasn't turned into a $200 "learning experience" for me --
> or the upholstery shop.
>
> I sure wish that I had some kind of inkling that the seats were "handed"
> before I went into this... Ironically, had I opted to do the seats
> myself,
> I think this is something I might have noticed...
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jeff
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