What seats have you got?

not much leg room in the back

 

I think these seats are what I've had in my van for 17+ yrs? I got them recovered, but I think I preferred them before in the lush velor.

 

Y

yeah my ones were in a blue lush velour very comfy and looked really nice in my old Bay.

 

What was required to make them fit? (my Bus is elsewhere at mo so i cannot check)
Just acquired MGF seats and need to get them in before my European excursion in 3 weeks time

 

I have used bits of sofa z springs , coathanger wire and welding to repair my original seats. About £10.
And then found a set of covers which came from the UK and were £140 a pair on eBay.

 

An angle grinder to get the original MGF fitting brackets off, a drill to drill the new mounting holes and to enlarge the holes in the MGF runners. 8 x 8mm x 40 allen bolts. 8 x 8mm nuts and 8 x 8mm nyloc nuts 8 x 8mm washers.

Remove the original seats.
Grind off MGT brackets and front runner stops
Drill enlargement holes in MGF runners
Push allen bolts into the new holes (may need a bit of persuasion
Lock allen bolts in place with standard bolts (tehy act like spacers and let you tighten the bottom nuts later when you cant get at the allen bolts)
Put seats in place and mark new mounting hole positions (there is one VW bracket that needs removing, I cant remember which)
Drill new mounting holes in van (paint)
Put seats in place and fit washers and nyloc nuts
Drive off into the sunset
It's really that simple, took me a couple of hours to do the lot. I've got a scan of the magazine article if you want it, just pm me your email address but the instructions above are probably clearer

 

Thanks Colin, cannot wait to get them in,
I'll PM you for scan, cheers

 

Thanks for the scans, super!!

 

They will be jag seats. When over come that the ford seats bars had been welded on !

 

Fitted! a bit tricky as i have a swivel plate on the passenger seat but they're in now

 

Nice
What do you think of them?

 

Very comfortable, will be tested next week when i travel to europe.
Passenger seat could be 2" lower if the swivel plate was removed, but we like the versatility of the stop and have a cup of tea facing the passengers
Pleased with the job, seats 1/2 leather, got for £49.00 and picked up myself. Will recover in future when all other panels upgraded (and Bus repainted Yellow)

 

Hi guys - can you give me your advice / opinion / feedback on these please

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-REC...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item51c3e60332

They are new so seem like a bargain - I see MGF seats seem to be a good fit looking at this thread but I am new to this....?

 

Does anyone have a picture of a 1976 devon with original seats mine have headrests so I'm unsure if they are genuine ?

 

Saab.

 

These are the seats in my 78, with (hard) headrests.

 

But have you wired in the heating?

 

I think the bolsters will be a pain getting in and over all the time - that's what I found with the Recaro buckets on my van.

 

^this, I'm afraid.