tr62500 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Chaps, I would like to keep with traditional seats for my 72 6 if possible , and was wondering if it easy to convert a passenger seat to a driver seat as second hand passenger seats are obviously in better condition than drivers seats. Regards, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmdr19 Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 John, Pretty sure this is not possible. As I have my old seats out of the car sitting in the workshop I had a look. Apart from the obvious difference of the seat recliner mechanism being on the wrong side, the whole shape of the seats in the backrest are different. The outer sides taper in noticeably to fit in the body tub. If yours are too far gone, see if you can try sourcing a passengers seat from a LHD car, not as much wear & bolt straight in. Unless your frames are shot, a set of diaphrams & foams should sort your existing ones out & TR seats are dead easy to refurb. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PILKIE Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Or just use the covers and foams from a good p/s seat to rebuild your drivers seat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheeler Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Hi John If you want to try reupholstering them yourself have a look at this article http://www.buckeyetr...teringSeats.htm Cheers Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Smith Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Thanks Bill, saved in Favourites - not sure about having my thumbs whacked with a tack-hammer though...................... Cheers Andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tr62500 Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Chaps, Thanks for you help, will look at repairing if i cant get seats from LHD car. Bill will study thread you posted. Many thanks again. Regards, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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