Seats

[Ray]

is your 1300E a series 1 or 2 Robby, I'm guessing its a 2 or a changeover going on the colour

[DT36]

https://www.sportseats4u.co.uk/historic-retro-classic-seats/cat_177.html

 

[Robbymag]

3 hours ago, Ray said:

is your 1300E a series 1 or 2 Robby, I'm guessing its a 2 or a changeover going on the colour

TBH I didn’t know there was a 1 or 2 it must be a 2 it’s 1974 it was matalic green but defo the wrong colour so when I started stripping it the real colour could be seen it came with wot I would say mk2 cream seats with the single steel bar going to the headrest if you know wot I mean 

[Ray]

all series 1 had tip fwd seats, series 2 had runnered seats like the mk2, sound like you had/have non mk 1 seats, as none of the E's had head rests

that was why I was asking, you have to bear in mind when looking at seats, you don't want tip fwd frames, as you don't have the lock plates on the tunnel

[RWL81P]

4 hours ago, Ray said:

is your 1300E a series 1 or 2 Robby, I'm guessing its a 2 or a changeover going on the colour

so how many colours were on the 1300e then ray? ive only seen the metallic purple and green ones, seems you have a blue one. 

[colr6]

As I mentioned in a previous post the similarity’s between the RS roll tops and the cossy sierra seats, hers a comparison picture. You have to imagine both seats covered in the same material as mine are in leather. But the same look could be achieved, well I think so anyway. Thoughts????

Slight alteration in lower squab should achieve the same overall appearance 

[Robbymag]

7 hours ago, colr6 said:

As I mentioned in a previous post the similarity’s between the RS roll tops and the cossy sierra seats, hers a comparison picture. You have to imagine both seats covered in the same material as mine are in leather. But the same look could be achieved, well I think so anyway. Thoughts????

Slight alteration in lower squab should achieve the same overall appearance 

Yes I see wot you mean very close only someone in the know would notice me thinks 

as my car is no where concourse It would be hard justify the money on contours even thought I would at a drop of a hat love them ?

[Robbymag]

18 hours ago, RWL81P said:

so how many colours were on the 1300e then ray? ive only seen the metallic purple and green ones, seems you have a blue one. 

Think there was a silver as well but not sure 

[Robbymag]

19 hours ago, Ray said:

all series 1 had tip fwd seats, series 2 had runnered seats like the mk2, sound like you had/have non mk 1 seats, as none of the E's had head rests

that was why I was asking, you have to bear in mind when looking at seats, you don't want tip fwd frames, as you don't have the lock plates on the tunnel

Cheers for that so many things to take in not so simple 

[Ray]

23 hours ago, RWL81P said:

so how many colours were on the 1300e then ray? ive only seen the metallic purple and green ones, seems you have a blue one. 

will copy you an extract with the colours tomorow

[Ray]

23 hours ago, Ray said:

will copy you an extract with the colours tomorow

tbh, I totally forgot to do this today, can you remind me in the morning and I will do it

or if you have the book to hand, its an extract from the factory original sporting mk1 escorts book by Dan Williamson

[RWL81P]

8 minutes ago, Ray said:

tbh, I totally forgot to do this today, can you remind me in the morning and I will do it

or if you have the book to hand, its an extract from the factory original sporting mk1 escorts book by Dan Williamson

no i ant got that book Ray, most of my books are mk2 based.

[Ray]

9 minutes ago, RWL81P said:

no i ant got that book Ray, most of my books are mk2 based.

I look on here regular most days, just today I didn't tbh, so a reminder will jog my memory

 

[RWL81P]

3 minutes ago, Ray said:

I look on here regular most days, just today I didn't tbh, so a reminder will jog my memory

 

not a problem matey, i was just suprised they come in other colours other than purple and green. if i get 5 minits in the morning before work i'll send you a reminder.

[Ray]

[Ray]

as an aside, he also published a similar book for the mk2 escort

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Factory-original-Sporting-Mk2-Ford-Escorts-book-paper-car/202554577485?epid=178328296&hash=item2f2931924d:g:TL8AAOSwx6pYrww4:rk:38:pf:0

 

[DT36]

On 06/01/2019 at 11:50, Vista said:

Cobra Le Mans work well in my mk2 van

Scott, have you got any pics of these seats in your van, please. 

[RWL81P]

On 09/01/2019 at 09:39, Ray said:

i dont know why Ray but i missed this when you posted it, and just come across it. most of the time it doesn't show me new posts for some reason. thats amazing how many colours these came in, up until now i thought they only came in purple velvet and jade green. they are the only colours ive ever seen, must be the most popular!

[Vista]

2 hours ago, dt36 said:

Scott, have you got any pics of these seats in your van, please. 

@dt36I have updated my build thread with some finished shots.

[DT36]

9 hours ago, Vista said:

@dt36I have updated my build thread with some finished shots.

Cheers, Scott. I'll go in there and take a look. 

Probably then start from page 1 after looking at the seats ?

[DT36]

OK, back to seats:

1.Did you manage to get yourself sorted? 

2. Has anyone got a roll of Black Betacloth for sale, enough to do 2 seats? 

[katana]

Might be able to get some from Aldridge Trimmers or use their cover sets - not cheap but damn good quality.

[Rally Pack 2000]

3 hours ago, dt36 said:

OK, back to seats:

1.Did you manage to get yourself sorted? 

2. Has anyone got a roll of Black Betacloth for sale, enough to do 2 seats? 

 

29 minutes ago, katana said:

Might be able to get some from Aldridge Trimmers or use their cover sets - not cheap but damn good quality.

Someone here locally bought some from Aldridge once but it didn't quite match the original stuff so I suspect there were subtle variations in the pattern of the material used through the years. Given they don't offer rear covers they would have to offer the material separately so people can get their rear seats to match the covers they sell.

[DT36]

31 minutes ago, katana said:

Might be able to get some from Aldridge Trimmers or use their cover sets - not cheap but damn good quality.

Ordered some side bolsters from them yesterday, but they didn't have any cloth. 

I'm having the seats made up from Capri seats to look as close as possible to the Escort ones. Although Aldridge have seat cover kits, they will probably need to be altered a fair bit. 

My car currently has bucket seats fitted, but I want to try and get a more original look. 

[Rally Pack 2000]

2 minutes ago, dt36 said:

Ordered some side bolsters from them yesterday, but they didn't have any cloth. 

I'm having the seats made up from Capri seats to look as close as possible to the Escort ones. Although Aldridge have seat cover kits, they will probably need to be altered a fair bit. 

My car currently has bucket seats fitted, but I want to try and get a more original look. 

That's really interesting. That would be a deal breaker for me if they couldn't offer cloth to create a matching rear. I was actually considering their covers even though really expensive. I wouldn't commit to them without extra cloth.