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Sparticus
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Traveller rear seat assembly

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Hi,

I am in the reassembly stage with my traveller -at last! However as it has been so long I have forgotten quite how it should all work.

I have the main wooden beam between the arches, that the rear board support pieces screws to, in place. The rear seat brackets which screw to the waist rail (Anyone know the sizes of screws used?), and appropriate bolt mechanism.

Any pictures of your restorations would be greatly appreciated, I have tried scouring the forum to no avail! :)

Many thanks,

Grant
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Re: Traveller rear seat assembly

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Added some photos, hope these help
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Re: Traveller rear seat assembly

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Thanks Andy, that is super helpful.

Would you happen to have any of the lower half of the rear seat - how that attaches etc?
I'm guessing that it just screws into the main beam with its base?
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Re: Traveller rear seat assembly

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Glad the photos could help.

the photo shows the cross member with a strip of wood along, you can just see the rebates for the hinges
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this one shows the the seat base/hinge in place
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In the last photo you can see the edge of the hinge showing between the seat base and the cross member
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These are the best I have, hope they help
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Re: Traveller rear seat assembly

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Thanks from me aswell, the pictures will come in handy for my restoration but I feel I'm missing bits now! Lol
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Re: Traveller rear seat assembly

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Ain't that always the way, even if I've got the bits I put them down and can't remember where :roll:

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Re: Traveller rear seat assembly

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These are the best I have, hope they help
So very helpful!

Thank you very much, I can now confidently put the thing back together :) .


Thanks.
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Re: Traveller rear seat assembly

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amgrave wrote:Ain't that always the way, even if I've got the bits I put them down and can't remember where :roll:
and then I find them and wonder why I was looking for them in the first place...

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Re: Traveller rear seat assembly

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andy.pointeer wrote:Glad the photos could help.

the photo shows the cross member with a strip of wood along, you can just see the rebates for the hinges
.
[frame]Image[/frame]
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this one shows the the seat base/hinge in place
.
[frame]Image[/frame]
.
In the last photo you can see the edge of the hinge showing between the seat base and the cross member
.
[frame]Image[/frame]

These are the best I have, hope they help
'Scuse my ignorance!

This has been an education. I never realised until now that there was supposed to be a wooden seat base to which the rear seat is hinged. That explains a lot. I guess it was lost in the general butchery that went on before we managed to get the car back from Devon.

Ah well, so much for a university education.... and another job for the weekend.

Are the hinges the same size as the ones that secure the seat back to the load area floor?
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Re: Traveller rear seat assembly

Post by andy.pointeer »

The hinges are not the same, the first and second photo at beginning of post shows the seat back hinges and the last but one photo shows the seat base.

Not sure of the sizes and cannot check today, but if required I can check later this week, just let me know.
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