Seat colours

Post by dp » Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:10 pm

Did Morris Minors ever come with brown vinyl seats?

Ta

DP

Post by **andrewsxt** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:26 pm

According to my Minor restoration book they did but only LCVs

Andy

Post by **bigginger** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:58 pm

According to my LCVs, they certainly did!

Post by **aupickup** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:51 pm

most austin pick ups had brown seats, also some early vans.
they came in 2 different colour browns

Post by dp » Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:59 pm

Aha so front seats could be brown but rear seats not?

Post by **aupickup** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:02 am

i haven`t had any rear sets in my vans or pick ups LOL

Post by **bigginger** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:07 am

I've got seats in the rear of my pick up - but they're being delivered to the Web Site Rally...

Post by **aupickup** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:10 am

you can have what ever colour you like.
i do not have seats in my van but i have seats in my garage!!!!

Post by **bigginger** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:17 am

Hmm. yes, I've got a bunch of them there too*, and in the shed, and stacked on the shelf above the porch.... They're not all brown though.

*My garage, not au's, obviously...

Post by **aupickup** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:21 am

i have a white seat in my workshop, not sure where it came from or what it fits, beleived to be from B&Q although can not be sure

Post by **Scott** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:09 am

I'm sure that's all cleared up for dp now

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** I must remember not to ask for any help when bigginger & aupickup are on the board.

Post by **bigginger** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:06 am

Why? All that was VERY helpful, surely...

and entirely on topic, for once

Post by dp » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:48 pm

Yes, if I understand correctly, rear seats come in whatever colour you like as long as they are in aupickup's garage, and any colour you like as long as they are not _all_ brown if they are in bigginger's garage, shed or shelf over the porch (I wonder if there's a 'beware of the precariously stacked seats' sign on the front gate for the postman...) or any colour or type in the back of an LCV as long as nobody sits on them.

I've got some nice leather seats out of a Mercedes[1] which are brown while the original back seat is light blue vinyl. So I could:

(a)cheaply vinylcote the back seat brown
(b) or (too) expensively recolour the new front seats blue or
(c) all of the above

or just mix and match.

[1] As Alex Issigonis was aware of the VW Beetle and originally intended a VW boxer like engine in the front of a Minor, he could hardly have failed to notice big sofalike German Oktoberfest grade Mercedes seats. And having been aware of such things such an innovative mind may well have originally planned to avoid bankrolling the osteopathy industry with the original spinepingers. Indeed this was probably the real reason the car was widened at the last minute! After all, a gas turbine exhaust hole already punched behind the battery, who knows what might have been.

On a separate note, must front seats be locked against tilting forward. ISTR my original seats had no catches and just lifted. But I believe MOTs check that seats lock

Post by **bigginger** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:35 pm

Well, there's a sign saying 'beware of the dog' - the postie can watch out for falling seats themself.

Post by **aupickup** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:04 pm

moggie sets do not lock in the rear position, and is not an mot failure over here