sheffcortinacentre Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 Has anyone any idea what brand this bucket seat is believed to be late 70's-80's?
Mrcento Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 No. But we might have a better shot with a picture. clayts450, The Old Bloke Next Door, yellowperil and 3 others 6
UltraWomble Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 From a 1970's Ford clayts450, stonedagain, The Old Bloke Next Door and 5 others 8
lesapandre Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 That's from a Ghia isn't it? Will the GL you got that crinkly paper and no lid. UltraWomble, stonedagain and The Old Bloke Next Door 3
fordperv Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 That cant be a Ford, for fords the shite would drop straight through the rusty hole in the floor rather than that posh bucket, or was that an rs accessory bucket?
andy18s Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 That cant be a Ford, for fords the shite would drop straight through the rusty hole in the floor rather than that posh bucket, or was that an Arse accessory bucket?EFA... fordperv and oldcars 2
somewhatfoolish Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 The trend of threads with invisible pictures continues. oldcars and Jerzy Woking 2
oldcars Posted February 13, 2019 Posted February 13, 2019 The trend of threads with invisible pictures continues.I see tooSavvy 1
sheffcortinacentre Posted February 14, 2019 Author Posted February 14, 2019 What happened to the pic?
anonymous user Posted February 14, 2019 Posted February 14, 2019 It's a pic of someone sat on the toilet reading the paper. yellowperil, SierraMikeHotel and tooSavvy 3
JeeExEll Posted February 14, 2019 Posted February 14, 2019 Sheff can you post up some pics of the seat to show what style it is. I don't remember that logo but the most common 70s era aftermarket seats were Corbeau, Huntmaster, Paddy Hopkirk, Moto-Lita, Billover, Contour, Cobra, Mountney (?), . . .We may be able to find a pic of it in a period magazine ad. What does the actual seat look like? Maybe that logo badge was put on the seat by the accessories retailer, e.g. Ripspeed or Checkpoint or 'Bob's GT Seats' or 'Mini Whizzy Bits' or whoever.
tooSavvy Posted February 14, 2019 Posted February 14, 2019 It's a pic of someone sat on the toilet reading the paper. .... a proper 'helmet', eh lol
sheffcortinacentre Posted February 14, 2019 Author Posted February 14, 2019 Thanks for all the pointless replies been a big help. Just a std black cloth high back bucket, single upper slot & one each side.Been checking my library & must be as you say a one off rebadged job as can't find anything got a pair came out of a clubman SD1 rally car from the 80's stored around 20 years. I'll get one Fri/sat. JeeExEll 1
Guest Hooli Posted February 14, 2019 Posted February 14, 2019 I'm pretty sure it's not the Corbeau logo to narrow it down slightly.
JeeExEll Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 If it's a more 'competition spec' seat design for rally cars rather than a cheapie boy-racer lookalike then that will narrow things down a bit too. There wasn't a massive choice around. General seat body shape and the position of the harness slots may nail it.An old 70s or 80s ad from Cars & Car Conversions may have the answer, rather than a page from Street Machine. The Rover sounds interesting.
UltraWomble Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 Thanks for all the pointless replies been a big help.This IS Autoshite.Your pointless replies are our concern. tooSavvy, yellowperil, yes oui si and 1 other 4
mercrocker Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 I'm pretty sure it's not the Corbeau logo to narrow it down slightly. Deffo not Corbeau, they had some kind of bird shape thing. Surely one of us has a 1980s go-faster catalogue in the downstairs bog?! I had a hunt through my John Brown Wheels adverts in CCC and the like but can't find that symbol.....
JeeExEll Posted February 15, 2019 Posted February 15, 2019 ^ A quick google brought up this selection, but nothing from Cars & Car Conversions which was a mag more suited towards rallyists. Have to wait and see what the seat looks like.Cobra did a 3-slot full-shell highback design in the 80s too but I don't have a pic. A mate had a pair in a Chevette hatchback. Full harnesses, the lot, back seat removed, and the standard engine and box from a giffer's Mk4 Cortina 2 litre GL. Much piss was ripped in jest. But at least he was safer. Chevette was quite quick and a good laugh to drive. mercrocker 1
sheffcortinacentre Posted February 16, 2019 Author Posted February 16, 2019 Yep looked through these sort of things been hectic today will hopefully get a picture sat.
Guest Hooli Posted February 16, 2019 Posted February 16, 2019 ^ A quick google brought up this selection, but nothing from Cars & Car Conversions which was a mag more suited towards rallyists. You see the Corbeaus in that? my dad had a GT8 Standard as the driver's seat & a GTA Executive Standard as the passenger seat in several Minis as I grew up. They made it into my Suzuki SJ in the late 90s but got so wet & disgusting they went rotten & got binned. I should have kept them but lack of storage space meant I missed out on the chance. JeeExEll 1
John F Posted February 16, 2019 Posted February 16, 2019 Thanks for all the pointless replies been a big help. TBF it's not easy to correctly imagine a seat that you can't identify.
sheffcortinacentre Posted February 16, 2019 Author Posted February 16, 2019 Pics hopefully UltraWomble 1
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