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PeterN
United Kingdom
240 Posts |
 Posted - 30/12/2016 : 10:00:28
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I currently have individual bucket seats but would like to reinstate the bench backed type. The bucket seats are fine but don't allow room for the transmission tunnel
Peter
1930 M type MG 748
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davies
United Kingdom
699 Posts |
Posted - 31/12/2016 : 10:30:03
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| so Peter , where is the prop-shaft located now? rear engine M type! what next? Rich |
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PeterN
United Kingdom
240 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2017 : 09:50:23
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Ha ...nice one Rich. It's a dog's breakfast I'm afraid. The tunnel is cut short and a piece of heavy duty cardboard covered the coupling. I'm half hopeful that a slight reposition of the seats will allow a proper tunnel to be fitted. Which dovetails neatly into my next need! A propshaft tunnel. It is however very rewarding to be getting rid of the awful old 3/4" thick chipboard floor and planning a nice new 12mm wrp replacement.
Peter
1930 M type MG 748
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thecollingburnboys
United Kingdom
574 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2017 : 16:35:30
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Hi Peter,
I have sent you a message RE correct Black bench seats for M-Type.
Cheers James collingburn@btinternet.com
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geoffw
Australia
107 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2017 : 21:12:20
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Rich,
M's don't need a tunnel, the propshaft is low enough to allow a flat floor. All that is required is a small cover adjacent the rear bulkhead to give bump clearance for the fabric coupling. A number of locally bodied Australian cars a like this (in period M's were imported as rolling chassis & fitted with local bodies)& my metal bodied M which I bought in the UK in the mid 1970's also has no tunnel although I am about to correct this.
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Paul Rogers
United Kingdom
19 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2017 : 15:12:37
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On a similar topic, does anyone know where I can get the sprung base and back units for a bench seat for an M? At the moment I only have the woodwork (new).
Thanks,
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thecollingburnboys
United Kingdom
574 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2017 : 21:05:03
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Hi Paul, from me, I have sent you a message.
Cheers James.
Regards James Collingburn |
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Keith Durston
United Kingdom
714 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2017 : 19:11:20
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Paul, don't forget that the M type seats were originally pneumatic not sprung bases.
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Blue M
United Kingdom
1474 Posts |
Posted - 13/01/2017 : 08:24:14
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| As Keith says, plus the fact that the only woodwork is the back panel. The cushions don't have wood bases. Foam is now often used for the seat back and cushions. |
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Orstin
United Kingdom
640 Posts |
Posted - 13/01/2017 : 08:51:01
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But be careful when doing this. I spent ages getting the seat heights right on my M so my eyline was about or slightly below the top of the windscreen glass. You see many M where the owners sit rather like a pea on a drum with their heads way above screen height..
This gives you an idea...
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3116 Posts |
Posted - 13/01/2017 : 09:11:02
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NeilS
United Kingdom
199 Posts |
Posted - 13/01/2017 : 13:25:42
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For some of us the seat height can't be resolved to be able to look through the screen! I have an air cushion with enough air to raise me 1/2" off the floor and still end up looking over it.
I noticed in the latest Morris Monthly that someone had found a good source for pneumatic cushions that look more period than the ones I have which are made from clear plastic and they seem cheaper to boot, so might get some for mine.
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thecollingburnboys
United Kingdom
574 Posts |
Posted - 17/01/2017 : 19:36:37
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All MMM bench seats were originally pneumatic but they were never very good and I don't know a company who makes them and certainly not one offs that would be cost effective. Trust me, they are a thing of the past and rightly so. Original or not they are awful to work with.
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Originally posted by Keith Durston
Paul, don't forget that the M type seats were originally pneumatic not sprung bases.
Keith
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Orstin
United Kingdom
640 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2017 : 08:44:37
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I have to disagree with you James. Moseley float on air cushions were standard fitting in Austin 7s - of which I have spent most of my adult life driving. A decent inflatable cushion (reproduction replacements are available) are the most comfortable seating arrangement I have ever come across - and I've driven some mighty distances on them..
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Oz34
United Kingdom
2583 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2017 : 10:45:06
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Hugh, where do you get your replacements from?
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Ian Bowers
United Kingdom
948 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2017 : 11:07:13
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Really couldn't have a better web site address than this one for the product!
www.hovercraftconsultants.co.uk
Ian Bowers
OD 6791
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