Seats
- Thread starter keithw
- Start date
Neal
Lifetime Supporter
Keith, I am ordering bare fibreglass buckets from GT40Replication in NZ and intend to mount them right to the floor without runners. The buckets will be padded and covered locally after I cut the slots for harnesses. My intent is to be sitting as near directly on the floor as possible. If you have patience, you can wait and hear how mine come out. Brian
Jim Rosenthal
Supporter
Chris; does your dog look so sad because he's not allowed on the seats, or because he can't reach the pedals and the wheel?
G
Guest
Guest
Keith, I used a set of Corbeau A4 seats in my Sabre. They are mounted directly to the floor with 2.5"x2.5"x.25" steel backers on the outside. I counter sunk a bolt hole and used coutersunk, allen head bolts to be flush with the backing plates. The A4s fit very well and gives you full tilt, great lateral support, accept 5 point harness, but my butt barely fits in them. Stock, they are black cloth with black vinyl on the wear points of the seats and seat backs (points of the wings.) http://www.corbeau.com/brochure/a4.html
[ March 25, 2002: Message edited by: Lynn Larsen ]
[ March 25, 2002: Message edited by: Lynn Larsen ]
Lynn, can you tell us how much those Corbeaus weigh apiece? How does that compare to the seats offered by F Catt?
G
Guest
Guest
I'll have to weigh them when I get home from the business trip I am on. You might be able to get it from the company as it will probably be this coming weekend before I can weigh them and get the results posted. Based on my handling of them, I can say that they are not very heavy; I am going to guess somewhere in the neighborhood of 30lbs. (Iam not a good guesser.)
My seats weigh 17lbs (8 kilos)each! can you get lighter than that? Frank
Keith,
My seats are leather over fiberglass, and weigh about 8lbs each,including harnesses. If they were any lower, you would have road rash on your butt.They bolt directly to the floor, no adjustment.
There is a photo of them on page four of
All GT40 under Bill's New DRB.
I'm not sure whether GT40 Australia molded
the seats themselves or not(they did have them upholstered), but I'm sure
that Peter Ransom would be willing to sell
you a pair.
Best of luck!
Bill
[ March 26, 2002: Message edited by: Bill Bayard ]
[ March 26, 2002: Message edited by: Bill Bayard ]
My seats are leather over fiberglass, and weigh about 8lbs each,including harnesses. If they were any lower, you would have road rash on your butt.They bolt directly to the floor, no adjustment.
There is a photo of them on page four of
All GT40 under Bill's New DRB.
I'm not sure whether GT40 Australia molded
the seats themselves or not(they did have them upholstered), but I'm sure
that Peter Ransom would be willing to sell
you a pair.
Best of luck!
Bill
[ March 26, 2002: Message edited by: Bill Bayard ]
[ March 26, 2002: Message edited by: Bill Bayard ]
I spoke to Corbeau about 6 months ago about taking an A4 seat and covering it in leather with the vented grommets....they said no problem they just needed to find the appropriate sized grommets that I wanted....still havent gotten back to me, and I have since had them custom made elsewere...but perhaps you can still nag them about the pricing for a pair and get some results.
Robert Logan
Defunct Manufactuer - Old RF Company
You can now buy seats from Roaring Forties through the US agent , Gordon Levy. He can be contacted at [email protected]
Bill, are you sure? 8 lbs including harnesses? Frank
Frank,
That's my guess, but I can easily put one on the bathroom scale.
The scale says 12lbs, but who know's what the wife has done to make the scale "kinder".
Sorry about the error.
Bill
[ March 31, 2002: Message edited by: Bill Bayard ]
That's my guess, but I can easily put one on the bathroom scale.
The scale says 12lbs, but who know's what the wife has done to make the scale "kinder".
Sorry about the error.
Bill
[ March 31, 2002: Message edited by: Bill Bayard ]
