Morris Minor Owners Club

gday all,we have removed front seats from our mm to recover them, and as you will know the bit you sit on is in two pieces legs and seat frame .my problem is when we go to refit frame to legs How do we attach them ? They were held together by twisted wire ties ,surely there is a much more durable method of fixing these together from a saftey point at least. I would have thought in a major crash wire ties would noy be substantial enough.

What year is your car and any chance of some photos. The seat design changed over the years

From the description it sounds to be an early mm - didn't they have a bar like hinge hlding them together?

gday car is mm 1950 2 door saloon sorry no picks the original covers formed a skirt around seat base but was secured to legs by wire ties lots of them . thanks in advance for any more help ceeyas

found pickies how do i post em for you to see?

Theres a box just underneath where you type your message, says 'upload picture', click 'browse' and find the picture through there.

Have been asked by 'beechford' to upload pic of seat (Oz to MMOC via Bournemouth)<br><br>

Yes, me too.

Have a look here:

http://www.potteries.mmoc.org.uk/Misc/Vic/005.jpg

http://www.potteries.mmoc.org.uk/Misc/Vic/007.jpg

I had the same prob few months ago:

these are the threads:

http://www.mmoc.org.uk/index.php?name=P ... highlight=

http://www.mmoc.org.uk/index.php?name=P ... c&start=45

I had 4 spring clips holding the frame vertically, but my upholsterer secured the frame with some plastic tie clips all around.

Hope this helps

The base springs attach to the frame and the seat base is held in place with clips which attach to the edges of the frame and keep the seat base under tension. It sounds primitive but it seems to work
Is your car SMM 58954?

yes your honour any idea where they can be obtained ?

Only off a scrap seat, unless you can design something that does the job.
I was just checking that the info on the MM Register was correct.

From the pic it looks like the seat covering is quite original so these clips are probably still there. I recommend a thorough look at the front and sides of the seat base, when the covering and packing is removed.

These clips swivel on to the frame and are about an inch or so long.

thanks one and all for your input.have obtained a sample clip and going to manufacture something like it to complete job .hopefully more robust than the twisted wire ties that were in place when dismantled .onward and upward eh ceeyas