fogothdon Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Have finally had time to look at our pi project properly, give him a clean out and start to assess what we need to do...... lots! I think we will be in the market for one of every panel available at Stoneleigh!One thing we hadn't originally taken in were the seats. They are a sort of material, possibly brushed nylon or similar, that I have not seen on a triumph before, and the seats themselves are very springy and most comfortable. Could these be original, some sort of after market purchase, from a mk2 or what? The seats are light tan, would love to keep them, but they need recovering, and if they are not original, we would probably not bother.Thanks for any info, Donald and Fiona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Got any pictures of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sorbington Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Are they like this?Also in a mk1 PI. I think mk2 front seats have a squarer top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Alan I knew I'd seen a picture of Lees interior but couldnt see it well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzy Harris Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Weren`t the cloth seats an export option ? i think a "c" ? is on the chassis plate somewhere, could be completely wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishbull Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Think the cloth seats were an option as opposed to leather.Mine are definately original and is stamped on plate.You can still get the material,albeit scarce for original but i know of an upholsterer in Derby that can get a very good match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Just an idle thought, what would it cost to re-upholster a 2000 interior?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Factory special order (N on teh chassi plate for Nylon), I have a set in blue, with grey gaffer tape trimmings, and a blue travel rug accessorising the back seat.Having despaired of Fred ever bending her Mk1 2000 so I could purloin the blue leather interior I have a set of black leather seats soaking in Hide food in the back bedroom.CheersColin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishbull Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Not sure cost of re-upholstering a 2000 interior but i was qouted nearly £250 for re-stitching a set or red leather 2000 seats and re dyeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 My car was ordered with bri-nylon seat coverings-why!!!!!All perished, now running with early rear seats and awful Vauxhall recaros in the front!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sorbington Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Yeah, the nylon seats generally disintegrate with time.That said, I do prefer the cloth seats on my car to vinyl ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanChatterton Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 timbancroft61 wrote: awful Vauxhall recaros in the front!!!Tim,The Vauxhall Recaros are pretty nasty.......they don't look right!Get hold of a pair of Half leather recaros from a Rover 800 Vitesse (about £70 for a pair off fleaby) and throw those in. I put them in my PI (now Craig Bennett's White PI BWK14K from the 2006 RBRR) and they are wonderful, plus they look right too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sorbington Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Mmmmmmm - Rover Recaros....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fogothdon Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Thanks everyone, I will try to post some pictures this week.Ours are exactly like Sorbs, thanks for the great picture of a very nice interior, but ours are obviously a different colour and very tatty, thanks a lot I think to a squirrel making a home in the car at some point! :oAlso checked our chassis plate, and lo and behold there is a small capital N infront of the trim number.... so that is what it means.... easy when you know how....thankyou for that Mr Scrapman, think ours are beyond the gaffer tape though, probably even beyond a rug!All means that we will try to keep the seats if we can, Mr Godfrey would you mind PM ing me the name of your Derby upholsterer, so we can see if these are worth saving, thankyou.Donald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 We found tons of baby oil on the leather seats helped soften them up, rightly or wrongly. We got a local chap (who also did the headlining) to releather the driver's seat. We'll do the others when we have the money (ha ha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Caroline wrote:We found tons of baby oil on the leather seats helped soften them up, rightly or wrongly. We got a local chap (who also did the headlining) to releather the driver's seat. We'll do the others when we have the money (ha ha)Never thought of BAby Oil, but then I don't have a baby.... and I don't have any other use for baby oil either.... ::)CheersColin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 If peanut oil comes from peanuts and vegetable oil comes from vegetables, where does baby oil come from?I found some excellent leather cleaner in of all places Halfrauds - Simoniz LEather Care Cream - was only about £3 and it was outstanding - seats felt great and so I used it on the cream (you can tell our kids are older) leather sofa in the house, really cleaned it well and it feels nice and supple. Like most of these products it seems to go on for ages, we hardly used any of the bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The only thing I have ever used baby oil for is leather car seats. Stick any on a small baby and it's like trying to pick up a wriggling eel.Jason wrote:If peanut oil comes from peanuts and vegetable oil comes from vegetables, where does baby oil come from?It's best not to ask, Jason, really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 thescrapman wrote:Never thought of BAby Oil, but then I don't have a baby.... and I don't have any other use for baby oil either.... ::)CheersColinI've used baby oil many a time, but I don't have a baby either . . . . . :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 MikeyB wrote:I've used baby oil many a time, but I don't have a baby either . . . . . :oNot yet you don't..... :oColin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sent38 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 hi this mite help I saw this lot on ebay Item number: 250206361183http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250206361183&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:GB:1123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Can't quite see teh connection between wings and nylon seats, but.... an interesting collection, hopefully the seller won't pull them unexpectedly when th bidding has stayed low.CheersColin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanChatterton Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I think he meant this...........http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Triumph-2000-Seats_W0QQitemZ250206447819QQihZ015QQcategoryZ27383QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fogothdon Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Nice selection of panels there, probably about a third of what we need...!A few pictures of our interior and seats, will try to get newer ones if the rain stops.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzy Harris Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Why do mk1 pi`s look so nice even in unrestored state ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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