Here's the latest bit of insanity from Lethbridge. In the spring, Greg and I scored a mint leather interior from a 264 at the local PYP. My old seats were junk and the leather was just too nice to pass up, or crush. The 4 door seats were not going to work all that well in the 2 door, but Dale was kind enough to donate a set of 242 front buckets to the project. The crazy thing is how well all this modern stuff fits into the little 122.
The buckets go in with some small brackets to adapt the 240 rails to the 122 supports. With the headrests off, the 122 and 240 seats are remarkably similar. The leather has been undergoing a leather treatment to soften it up prior to putting everything in and I'm also changing the colour to match the original interior...only those in the know will be able to tell that something is not quite right with the install.
The leather treatment is a slow treatment, but it was starting to work, so I pulled apart the front buckets this weekend and put the leather covers on Dale's 242 seats...the foam is different so I had a little repair to do on the drivers bolster. The 264 seats were all foam, the 242 seats have metal bolsters. I'm guessing that the leateher seats were meant to be more plush and the 242 a little more sporting? They are more firm for sure.
The back seat was the problem. The bottom fits, the back does not as it is 6 inches too long (man it's getting late...I never say these sorts of things
). So with some encouragement from Greg (AKA Bondo Master) I chopped 3" off each side of the top of the seat, then re-welded the wire frame back together...don't try this at home kids, foam burns as does leather!
Then I re-attached everything with hog-rings and tucked the extra material in where I could. An inch of foam was added to the side bolster to take up some of the material slack. Here it is done.
And installed...it fits perfectly and is very comfy.
I also completed my tach upgrade.
Now to dye the seats (dark red) and get some new door panels and the interior is done.
Craig
