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Post by neilsmith on Sept 16, 2014 19:11:17 GMT
Eagle SS fibre glass bucket seats, or narrow corbeau recliner seats wanted. Also Eagle SS roll over bar wanted. These are some pictures of what the seats look like The corbeau seats were fitted to the later eagle ss models. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2014 6:28:55 GMT
would love a set of these for mine too, I'm currently seatless
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Post by Peter on Sept 17, 2014 8:08:20 GMT
View AttachmentEagle SS fibre glass bucket seats, or narrow corbeau recliner seats wanted. Also Eagle SS roll over bar wanted. These are some pictures of what the seats look like The corbeau seats were fitted to the later eagle ss models. Bare in mind even the very last SSs were made in 1998 it is unlikely you will find any in good nick and Corbeau seats are expensive at upwards of £500 pair and apart from roadsters (avoid) which I have a set in the loft as they are too short, there are very few seats that come in at under 17.5" at the base, (the required width for VW floor pans). The fiberglass buckets were supplied as an option and similar ones for Nova and Avanti were made but very small and uncomfortable and upright, requiring you to be under 5'5" with dropped floors or tilt them back to get your head under the roof. If you want 'sports' seats the ones I have are a good if not perfect fit for under £200 a pair. If you want a more retro, flatter look the Bedford Rascal/Suzuki Carry high back reclining seats are a perfect drop in, (actually most small Oriental vans will fit with work on the runners). Unless you are under 5'5" avoid the 7s Roadster seats, they are narrow BUT very short in the back and the seat belt holes come out at mid-back level. On all seats you will need about 40 to 45 degrees on the back or be very small, even with dropped floor pans. The "roll bar" was only made for the early MkI SS, VW and Ford, (same footprint) later as an option and finally dropped and was really a seat belt mounting frame rather than a serious attempt to stop the roof caving in on a roll over, the internal framework on the later models was beefed up instead with alternative seat belt mounting points to be found by the builder, I use a full width 3mm steel plate under the parcel shelf with seat belt mounting plates/threads fitted to the underside and the outer perimeter bolt holes and tunnel mounts for the bottom ones. You could of course fit one if you can find one of the under 90 made up to 1995 or make one, they were just a 'D' bar tight against the headlining behind the door openings to the floor bolting through the body lip and perimeter of the chassis, following the back of the door opening line and an angled brace to the rear of the chassis from about 18" up and a horizontal brace at parcel shelf height with seat mounting threads in, not very effective in a crash as it lacked a diagonal brace.
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Post by neilsmith on Sept 17, 2014 19:57:26 GMT
Thanks for the info on the seats. A Ford based SS I owned in 2002 had Bedford rascal seats, and they did fit in quite well. It helps to have a pair of seats that recline as there is limited headroom inside the car. I have looked on ebay for these type seats but so far haven't found any. The main reason for obtaining the roll over bar was to mount the seat belts. But I may now consider using a steel plate under the parcel shelf as you suggested. I will still keep an eye open for one though,or may have a go at making one. Thanks for the advice.
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Post by Peter on Sept 18, 2014 7:54:31 GMT
These are the ones I have, (Ebay 250907935591) other than that Rascal seats are the best. A breakers near Gloucester, Twigworth breakers, had a few. twigworthbreakers.com/Might try Nissan Vanette, more of them about and I think they are narrow too.
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Post by neilsmith on Sept 18, 2014 19:16:29 GMT
I will give them a look and see what they have thanks.
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