I'm a little confused by searching new seat covers for my Milly. She's a 1957 4 door, so there should be seat models like they were from 1956 to 1959. I've got an interesting offer, but the dealer says my photo shows series II seats. Those always had a folding back. I thought my driver's seat had a fixed back, but I'm not sure. I can't have a look now, because the car with only that seat is in a garage for welding and I won't see it before next week.
What do you see on these pictures – series II or the later ones?
Thanks a lot!
Frank
Series II seats in a 1957 4 door?
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Milly: 1957 four-door-saloon, 948cc. Moved to Hamburg 2008, off the road 2012, finally back May 2021.
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Re: Series II seats in a 1957 4 door?
Your seats are correct for an early Minor 1000 4door deluxe saloon and yes, they are very similar to the Series 11 seats. The Series 11 didn't have the light coloured piping.
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Re: Series II seats in a 1957 4 door?
Thanks a lot!ManyMinors wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 8:26 pm Your seats are correct for an early Minor 1000 4door deluxe saloon and yes, they are very similar to the Series 11 seats. The Series 11 didn't have the light coloured piping.
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Re: Series II seats in a 1957 4 door?
From looking at the Newton Commercial website, those seats are the later series 2 seats. Have a look:
https://newtoncomm.co.uk/collections/4- ... yl-1954-56
https://newtoncomm.co.uk/collections/4- ... yl-1954-56
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Re: Series II seats in a 1957 4 door?
£627.47 each for recliners?
Just altering mine...
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Just altering mine...
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Re: Series II seats in a 1957 4 door?
As ManyMinors says, they are different to the late SII seats which don’t have the coloured piping. They don’t seem to be listed on the Newton Commercial website, despite being right for the carbufferzone wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 3:05 pm From looking at the Newton Commercial website, those seats are the later series 2 seats. Have a look:
https://newtoncomm.co.uk/collections/4- ... yl-1954-56
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Re: Series II seats in a 1957 4 door?
I once had a car with red leather and off-white piping but one of the seats was destroyed. I got another (second-hand) one but the piping wasn't coloured, so I mixed some vinyl paint and painted the piping to match the rest of the seats. Bit fiddly but it did the job perfectly.
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Re: Series II seats in a 1957 4 door?
I found an upholsterer who had one matching set in stocking. He then put the white pipings on and it looks at least as nice as the originals. The price was absolutely fair. I’ve not received the covers yet, the photos are made in the workshop. When I have got the parts and they are fine I will post a link to that upholstery.
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Milly: 1957 four-door-saloon, 948cc. Moved to Hamburg 2008, off the road 2012, finally back May 2021.