Morris Minor Owners Club

I am thinking of putting in some 'modern' front seats to a 4 door Mog. Before I head off to the breakers, has anyone got any views/experience as to which would work best? I am expecting a certain amount of modification but wanted to keep this to a minimum.
Thanks.

Lots of discussion on here previously about seats... Use the search facility and you'll find loads... This is one of the most recent jobs done...

http://www.mmoc.org.uk/index.php?name=P ... ic&t=22066

You will probably need seat base adapters, available from Newton Commercial or I think JLH.

I have fitted late metro:


And Rover 200:


In 4 door Minors. Both of these options I picked up for less than £30 (fronts and backs) on ebay.

Saab and Fiesta seats also go in.
For all the above you need to fabricate brackets or buy subframes from the likes of JLH.

i had metro oines in mine but now changed them to bucket seat from a rs trubo that is going to help out than tin can trade

mazda miata leather seats are a very nice upgrade.

Thanks Folks, info gratefully recieved. Didn't know you could get subframes, that could save some trouble!!

Its not difficult to make some subrames up though ;)

The seats i currently use; Rover 200 BRM

Peetee, these look surprisingly good in a minor - almost retro!

I really do love those seats you've got Peetee.
Look fantastic and are incredibly comfortable too!

They do have a certain 60's look to them (shame Albert is a '58 )
The diamond stitching actually reminds me of the inside trim in one of the Thunderbirds
The colour isn't quite right for a 58. The red shade is somewhere between the maroon and cherokee red of the later vinyl trim.
I picked them up on ebay about a year ago. They still crop up now and again but are becoming increasingly popular as the bidding is getting higher each time.
They are some of the most comfortable seats I have ever tried in any car. The journey back from the national was 4 1/2 hours and I got out of the car fresh as a daisy - and I'm no stranger to aches and pains on a long journey.

I picked them up on ebay about a year ago. They still crop up now and again but are becoming increasingly popular as the bidding is getting higher each time.

The Rover 200 BRM was a pretty rare car IIRC -they couldn't sell many due to price (the car was quite well upgraded so was not cheap) and the orange grille (BRM colours) put many people off

I thoroughly appreciated SAAB seats - I had not been expecting them to be much different from any other modern seat but they were far better than average. I only wish I still had that Minor!

Peetee wrote:The colour isn't quite right for a 58. The red shade is somewhere between the maroon and cherokee red of the later vinyl trim.

You could re-colour them very successfully, as I did with my blue vinyl interior. Especially easy if you're just changing from one shade of read to another.

Woolies will sell you the stuff, and another outfit that I hear good things about is Gliptone (google "Liquid Leather") - these folk to practically nothing other than leather re-colouring and restoration!

Both will do a colour match to a sample.

Just a though!

Cheers Luxobarge. Something I will get round to eventually. Before that is the conversion of the rear seats to match (so all the colour treatment is done together) before that is the 5 speed conversion, before that is the garage doors...blah blah blah

Peetee wrote:And Rover 200:

Peetee can I ask what age range Rover 200 these seats are from?

They were bought on ebay so not completely certain but I believe they were from the 200/400 series as shown on this page;
http://www.aronline.co.uk/index.htm?r8galleryf.htm

Great stuff, thanks for the info

Please be aware that if you have a 2 door Minor these seats will be less than ideal because they don't tip forward. The tipping type are very difficult to find. There was a similar seat fitted in the Metro (which I had fitted in my 2nd Minor and found more comfortable still) but again 2 door Metros with leather seats are rare as hens teeth.