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I am painting the brackets just now and will soon be re-fitting the seats (1968 Traveller) , I think it was back in May that I removed them and cannot remember the correct way the brackets go back. Each seat has 2 'U' brackets and 2 flat pieces of steel.

Does the carpet go down first, then the flat pieces of steel, tubular seat frame then 'U' bracket?

Thanks

MGFmad wrote:Does the carpet go down first, then the flat pieces of steel, tubular seat frame then 'U' bracket?

Yes.

Thanks for that Luxobarge - I did have a look at your interior photos to see if it answered the question as I had the memory of your painted brackets hanging up to dry.

MGFmad wrote:Thanks for that Luxobarge - I did have a look at your interior photos to see if it answered the question as I had the memory of your painted brackets hanging up to dry.

Hehe - You're welcome! One of the few picture angles I didn't take, eh?

I wanted to paint the brackets and seat frame, as otherwise they leave rusty marks on the carpet, and it shows up quite a lot on that light blue colour. I reckon my paint is better quality than what went on in the factory.....

What've you been up to with your seats?

Cheers!

My brackets etc are fixed directly to the floor, and the carpet cut to fit around. This way the carpets can be removed for cleaning - and the seat is firmly bolted to the floor - and not through a sandwich of carpet and underfelt!

I wanted to paint the brackets and seat frame, as otherwise they leave rusty marks on the carpet

On one moggy I had the brackets were rather a loose clamp to the seat frame. Enough in fact to be able to slip a length of racing bike inner tube over each clamp piece and stop a great deal of the nasty staining.

Luxobarge wrote:

MGFmad wrote:Thanks for that Luxobarge - I did have a look at your interior photos to see if it answered the question as I had the memory of your painted brackets hanging up to dry.

Hehe - You're welcome! One of the few picture angles I didn't take, eh?

I wanted to paint the brackets and seat frame, as otherwise they leave rusty marks on the carpet, and it shows up quite a lot on that light blue colour. I reckon my paint is better quality than what went on in the factory.....

What've you been up to with your seats?

Cheers!

I needed to remove the base covers to install new foam and webbing but the drivers seat back was angled more than the passenger one which was annoying to look at. I removed the seat back cover as well and found a previous welded repair that fixed the back rest at the wrong angle. I ground back the joint, re-fixed the frame at the correct angle and welded again - now its the same as the passengers.

Inspired by your photos, both seats are stripped right back and I have painted the frames black. Just waiting for the paint to fully harden and will source some new horse hair padding as the old stuff smells horrible. In fact so horrible that when I had them hanging out on the line in the garden you could smell them as soon as you opened the back door

bmcecosse wrote:My brackets etc are fixed directly to the floor, and the carpet cut to fit around. This way the carpets can be removed for cleaning - and the seat is firmly bolted to the floor - and not through a sandwich of carpet and underfelt!

Does make sense to do that, will certainly save removing the seats when the carpets need cleaned.

That's the way it came to me - and it seems right to have them fixed firmly to the floor. If bolted through carpet there is bound to be some 'give' in the mounting.

Yeah but the insulation and carpet helps to cut down on vibration. If you cinch the bolts down its not a problem.