Unknown Seat

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

Can anyone identify the original dwelling of this seat?

It was in my Alpine when the previous owner purchased it but he didn’t know what it came out of originally.

 

[65sunbeam]

MG Midget-I had a set of them.

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

MG Midget-I had a set of them.

I knew someone on here would have a quick answer. Mystery solved...thanks.

 

[65sunbeam]

Club membership has it's benefits!

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

Club membership has it's benefits!

Between my dad's wealth of knowledge of Sunbeam and the 'Sunbeam encyclopedia' and willingness to help on this forum...I've got it pretty good. This was not a Sunbeam question but I knew the answer would be within the 'network' of the members here.

 

[Alpine 1789]

How did the seat fit? I have often wondered if later Midget seats would be as low as the stock Alpine ones.

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

How did the seat fit? I have often wondered if later Midget seats would be as low as the stock Alpine ones.

I have no idea. The previous owner (two owners back) had the car undergoing resto and didn't have any seats in it. When the previous owner (one owner back) bought it, they bolted that seat in just to get it from the point of purchase back home; about 50 miles.

It was removed and then replaced with 'non-Sunbeam' seats, which I am now replacing with stock seats that I have almost completed the rebuild/resto on...hopefully I'll finish up this weekend. The car was only driven once with that Midget seat in it.

 

[Alpine 1789]

The car was only driven once with that Midget seat in it.

Oh well. Thanks.

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

Oh well. Thanks.

Wish I could be more help...it was about 25 years ago and I was away at college when that all took place.
I asked my dad, who drove it back for the person who purchased it, and it was not in the car when they got there.

I told him that you had asked about how it was bolted in there and he said he couldn’t remember but he wasn’t sure that it was!

He was joking of course but in any case, could not remember.

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

Oh well. Thanks.

Mystery solved...my dad went down to the shop to clean that seat up for sale and look what was bolted on the bottom....

 

[Alpine 1789]

Interesting that the seat rails fit. Given how far those rails sit below the seats, I am guessing they sat pretty high in the car.

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

I don’t know how well they fit. I think it was a situation of ‘improvise and overcome’ to get the car home.