Are you sitting comfortably ??

[phil hill]

I'm thinking of changing my seats for some which are lower in the car and provide more lateral support, and I want to gauge opinion. I don't "fit" into the "classic" type buckets, but seem to fit into the later Cobra hi-backs ok.

Are the "alpine" type seats any bigger than the "classics" ?? Anybody tried the ones from Newton Commercial, I think they were used by Downton in their "specials" (Anybody hear what happened to Downton in the end ??)

Or anybody have any other ideas ?? I'm open to suggestions.

[phil hill]

Mainly road use, but I try and get a couple of trackdays in a year at Cadwell which is my local, and occasionally at Mallory (anyone driven the "new" layout there yet? ??)

The main problem with the existing ('93 Cooper half-leather) seats is they are too high, and when wearing a crash helmet I hit me head on the roof !! I like the Forza type seat over the standard hi-back bucket type seat, and have fitted MG Metro seats in a previous mini. This was really good value, seats cost £8 a pair (!!) from a local scrapper, rear brackets cost £25 from the predessesor of MiniSpeed, front bracket I home fabricated.

As I'm 6 foot tall I need to get the seats mounted a bit further back, but I don't intend to remove the companion bins now, so something narrow enough to fit between them. Don't mind a bit of fabrication if required.......