Dutton Kit Cars and their owners

On my way home I went to the breakers and bought

Peugeot leather seats from a cabriolet of some description, Black need cleaning but not ripped... £30 and he threw the back ones in as well.

I thought the material from the backs would come in handy for trimming the doors and centre console, maybe even a dash top.

Now... where is that leather cleaning stuff my mrs bought for her mondeo :-)

Oh.. pictures to follow .

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Comment by Big Vern on December 1, 2012 at 10:55: Found this looks ideal for the sierra :-)))))

Comment by Adrian Southgate on November 29, 2012 at 14:25: I'm on my way to ATS to play with lasers. Had a work = fail day today as the wobble was so bad I came home and got the spanners out.

I'll give you a call later.

Comment by Dave Taylor on November 29, 2012 at 13:18: Ade I have these already made up from the Sierra call on the way home, I also have 1" square section in the shed/parts Dept

Comment by Adrian Southgate on November 29, 2012 at 11:36: Cheers Dave

I'll see if there is one local and on my route home.

Comment by Dave Adams on November 29, 2012 at 11:17: Ade. i found that b+q prices for 1m of 25mm square box section was the same price as for a full 6m length from a steel stock holders at around £8-10

Comment by Adrian Southgate on November 29, 2012 at 10:03: I'm going to have to cut the tunnel a bit and make an offset subframe or cut the tunnel a lot. It still won't get near the prop shaft though as the tunnel is 8 inches wide across the top in the place the seat runner needs to go

Comment by Adrian Southgate on November 29, 2012 at 9:08: More room yes but it's restricted by the roll bar, which stops the seat going backwards. The adjusters on the old ones were rusted in the wrong position and wouldn't move despite half a tin of WD40 and a big lump hammer.

The new ones have a wider spread on the seat runners and the tunnel will need modifying a bit so I can move them inboard by another inch, I'll be able to reach the adjusters without having the door open then.

They are comfy and very solid feeling seats, there is no way you would get these in any of the other duttons and they don't really fit in the Sierra properly without mods.

Seriously, it does take an electrical charge to blow that airbag doesn't it? If it goes off inside the Sierra it will either burst the door or shove the seat over to the passenger side, neither of which is going to be pleasant if i'm in it.

Comment by Pete Clayton on November 29, 2012 at 8:24: Look good Ade, side airbags in a Dutton lol

Comment by Adrian Southgate on November 29, 2012 at 1:02: Drivers side, still needs cleaning properly but that'll keep until I have finished the subframe.

Comment by Adrian Southgate on November 29, 2012 at 0:45: So... square peg > round hole, done.

Seat is really comfy and a snug fit but will need a custom subframe to make it a permanent fixture. I guess that means getting the MIG out of the back of the garage again.

BnQ for some 1 inch box section on the way home friday and fitting saturday.

Then all I have to do is work out which wires operate the heater and which work the airbag!

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