MadaboutKitcars

Not sure if this helps the seating debate but could be used for a caption competition.

OK, I'll start with "IVA compliant my ar$e!"

James Hunt's first races were in a Mini. At the first meeting he attended he failed to convince the scruitineers that a modified garden chair was a race seat.

might need some work on the drinks holder

How about the caption .....

Gary , where the f*ck is my body ? !!!!

With a body like mine who needs one of Garys!!!!!

I am actually really impressed with 50's style glove-shaped "trafficators"

No rush on the body Gary, my pick up is broken so I can't collect it at the moment anyway

Just a thought

In an idle moment I was wondering whether I could use some rear seats as fronts, and I came across these. They are leather.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfa-GTV-red-leather-rear-seats-/261047680989?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3cc7a77fdd#ht_500wt_1317

The colour is wrong for me, but they are still tempting. There are quite a few available in black, but without the stitching.

Alfa seats?? Not good - they look great and will handle well but will break down every other weekend...

Tut tut. You really shouldn't go stereotyping on the basis of national characteristics. That's what they do in Russia...

The alfa seats look very nice. The backs might be a bit wide though, I'd check the dimensions. You might get away with using them if you fit a low profile prop tunnel, don't lower the floors so you can fit the seats as far inboard as possible, fit the squabs quite a way forward and fit the backs at a shallow angle. That'll give you the long arms, short legs driving position known as 'The Italian Ape' (which I find quite comfortable) and have you sitting as low down in the car as possible. If you fit them right at the back you'll be sitting bolt upright and your bonce will be sticking so far out of the top it'll create loads of unnecessary drag and you'll end up with a neck like David Coulthard's. Good luck, if you can get them to fit they'll look the business.

..any other physiological downsides then?

I'm planning on a semi-reclined position. I'm just lazy.

Didn't Rubens used to arrange his subjects in a semi reclining position?? They all seemed to look comfortable and very well upholstered..

(...and I don't mean Barichello)

I could do with a few Rubenesque beauties to brighten my workshop.

I like the look of these,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190359136239?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_927

but for £3,000 per pair I think I could get the Upholsterer Laureate to make something similar with unicorn hide covers and dodo-feather stuffing.

They look nice but the seat squab looks a bit too high. Perhaps you could pay extra for a thinner seat cushion?

I'm losing it!

Ok, here's hoping someone may have bookmarked the web page I've been searching for after seeing it a while back. Some vendor in UK sells reasonably priced Aluminium 'Bomber' style bucket seats and I'll be darned if i can find them again. Any help would be really appreciated.

Don't recall seeing any reasonably priced new bomber style seats. I think the last ones I saw were about £900 each.

You could always fabricate some yourself, after all, how hard can it be? Remember hacking and bashing at Halton? Chalk on your file and fabricating pointless aluminium panels with 'D' plug holes to one thou tolerance, I knew it would come in handy one day...

I have to agree. Ideally, whatever seats you choose to fit, your shoulder needs to be only slightly above the edge of the cockpit so you're just looking over the top of the flyscreen (as modelled by my better half), otherwise your noggin will spoil the aerodynamics and the wind blast will deafen you.

Micha, can I ask which seats you are going to put in your Sammio build.

Tsk, I thought he already had a roadworthy G46 registered abroad.

If David Beckham ever builds a Sammio, it may have a pair of these -

http://www.bigwigracecars.com/bomberseats.htm

Wow, do you not think they'd be a bit over the top considering the Beckham's subtle tastes?

Given some of the comments about suspension settings and seat belt safety recently it might be wise to fit a pair of these babies -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1dtYGTyX8k

Just make your own.........

http://www.ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9638

or

http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/techarticles/0910rc_aluminum_bomber_seats/viewall.html