|
Are these really
seats?
As you can see, the previous owner held
everything together with good old duct tape. What you can't see is the equally poor
condition of the carpeting and interior trim.
Before attempting to redo your seats, call Victoria British
(800-255-0088) and order their "How-To Install Your Triumph TR6
Interior" guide. It's free and it's indispensable. Step by step color photographs
covering every aspect of redoing the interior. It's especially important with the seats
because there's nothing intuitive about how they go back together. There's all kinds of
slits that need to be cut into the foam and flaps that get stuffed into the slits while
other flaps wrap around things and get clipped in place. Didn't the British every hear
about zippers! The next step is to clean up the frame and paint
it.
| January 18, 1998 |
 |
 |
One down and one to go. All in all, it went pretty well and
came out just about perfect. As noted before, the Victoria
British instruction booklet is invaluable though I had to laugh at how easy they make
some of it sound. On the side skirts of the top cover, there's a cardboard insert with a
metal bracket that goes over another metal bracket on the seat frame. When properly in
place, it stretches the cover down and gives it its shape. The booklet says "by
pulling the sides of the cover down, the clips will eventually (key word here) slot into
the corresponding bracket in the frame.......". Well, I pulled, I tugged, I swore and
there was no way these two brackets would ever mate! I finally laid the seat on its side
on the floor, bracing it against a wall while I put my feet on the bottom of the seat
frame, grabbed the side skirt and pulled until the veins popped out of my 50 year old
head. I wouldn't exactly call it mating (never had that much trouble getting the
corresponding pieces to slide into place when really mating!!), but everything eventually
came together. Now it's time to do seat #2.
Back To
November Work |
