help please

[Barry S1]

Started to do seats and dash today, the drivers always been a bit strange, when I got it out today one of the clips that holds the strapping has broken, anyone know were I can get one from please

[Barry S1]

[Barry S1]

[v8s4me]

Could you bend up a new one out of some heavy guage wire?

[Barry S1]

Hi Joe
I will try if I can't
get one but it needs to be very strong to hold the strap with me sitting on it

[mep12345]

Don't think that is standard strapping as all the seats I've seen have used a metal wire criss crossing back and forth under the seat swab. But then again STANDARD and TVR aren't words often used together

[S2Mike]

When I get back home I will have a look in my box of bits. I dissmantled both front seats to get the covering off to patch up my parcelshelf, many springs and bits of wire were amongst them. Will let you know monday if that helps.

[Barry S1]

Yes please Mike, it's a sort of sprung steel thing must clip in somehow,got to sort out the heater and so dash is out now so lots to do before putting back together

[Barry S1]

Mark, its been re done before I got it so might not be a standard fitting if there is such a thing

[v8s4me]

Looking at the front part of your seat I reckon there should be one continuous length of wire bent to fit into the loops on the webbing; this is then secured to the frame rails somehow. It shouldn’t be too difficult to make up another one if you can get some thick wire. This is very similar to how furniture is upholstered so maybe your local upholsterer could supply some?

[S2Mike]

Sorry for delay, sadly nothing in the box like that, mostly springs and hoops of wire. Mine was all rusted away like has been mentioned on here a circuit of wire looped round the edge supporting a mesh held by springs.

[Barry S1]

Thanks for looking Mike ,things have slowed a bit last day or two,
Got to paint the piping on the seats not had a very steady hand last day or so
can't think why! hoping to sort out the heater this weekend and then get the
dash and seats back in, then just the normal things ,oil and filter change
and things like that

[S2Mike]

I was gonna try to be helpful by saying mine had old stickers on the frame and odd bits of paper, stuffed inside, seemingly they were built by Callow and Maddox of Coventry. Now I learn the company went bust 4 years ago. Rumours are Rimmer Bros bought up the odds and ends, but what that includes I have no idea.