Seats + holes

Bjk67

Bjk67

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I've just taken out the front seats from my '64 2000 and the drivers and passengers seat have different adjuster mechanism. Which one is correct for that year?
Drivers seat



Passenger seat



Also below where the rear cushions would sit there are two small holes, any ideas what they are for
 
The top one. Very rare and first year or two of production only. Presumably changed to bar type in interests of rationalisation, or because they broke more easily. The T4 Jet car has the same type - I know, I adjusted it!
Holes probably drainage holes, but these are significantly larger on all the cars I've seen and plugged with a rubber bung... Perhaps just rust pin-holing in a perfect circle leading us up the garden path?
 
redrover said:
The top one. Very rare and first year or two of production only....
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Rebekah's are as per the driver's side pic. So assuming they're original, they were still using them up in 1966.
 
vaultsman said:
redrover said:
The top one. Very rare and first year or two of production only....
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Rebekah's are as per the driver's side pic. So assuming they're original, they were still using them up in 1966.
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Is Rebekah a Sharkstooth Stan? She's got the compressed board dash as well. Lots of early bits that I didn't think were still on offer in '66. Is she very early '66, or perhaps an ex-demonstrator?
 
That hole in the base unit under the rear seat is where the lower edge of the rear seat backrest is screwed down.
 
I think I'll go with the seat back screw hole rather than a round pin hole :D the back seats weren't fitted when I got the car.
And thinking about it, the passenger seat is a different shade of worn red than the drivers.
 
redrover said:
Is Rebekah a Sharkstooth Stan? She's got the compressed board dash as well. Lots of early bits that I didn't think were still on offer in '66. Is she very early '66, or perhaps an ex-demonstrator?
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Couldn't say whether she's an ex-demonstrator I'm afraid, Michael. Chassis number is 40035908D and first registered 07/07/66.

She doesn't have a sharkstooth...at least not now. These are pics of the valance that she wore when I got her:


 
Not that rare, the combined seat slides were introduced in early 1968, first mentioned in the April service newsletter.

Yours
Vern
 
Not that rare, the combined seat slides were introduced in early 1968, first mentioned in the April service newsletter.
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WHS. My '67 auto has the cable adjusters and so did my very early '68 TC when I got it. (and the '65) I think they are a bit fragile though, the cables need adjusting and the bracket on the seat base can break off.
 
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