Kind words Paul!
Think I need that right now!
What a pain these seats are!
It will be a compromise I think, but isn't everything?
Whatever they look like they will be comfortable that's for sure!
Seat saga.
The aim today was the same as yesterday, which was to finish the drivers rear seat back and get it red.
Today I achieved that. Considering that I had never before designed and made seats from scratch, its not bad for a first attempt.
Similar to the seat bases, its not perfect, and has creases and a few bumps, But by and large I am reasonably pleased with it.
I will tackle the passengers one another day!
Just about had a gut-ful of seats right now.
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For Goodness's sake WCA, do you think I'm a tart?
I got the red idea from my red night kit!!!
P.S
Actually they are a much darker red than the pictures suggest, in the pics, they look orangy, but they are a darker red in reallity, honest!
Mot
Just lately, Iv'e been having some very sly thoughts about getting my build an Mot.
If I left the windscreen off, I would not need wipers and washers.
They would come after the Mot.
At the moment, it starts and drives, I would need to connect the lights indicators, put the seats (when done) in, along with the seat belts, rig up a tempory working dash, and not much more to actually get an Mot.
It would need a rear numberplate light which is does not have, so this morning I quickly knocked one out, and whacked it on the car, still has filler to be sanded etc, but would not matter for Mot!
I had originally intended to make the plinth out of stainless steel, but this would have been time consuming, difficult and very long winded, so this effort is very much a compromise, it will be part of the bodywork so will end up in BRG.
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What's so funny about that?
redratbike,
don't tell me you go out wearing a mis-match? :-)
Obviously WCA wouldn't be seen dead with out matching kit!!
(Me neither!!)
Seats- the down hill coast
Redratbike,
I know you are having a laugh, don't get sucked in by WCA
He's SERIOUS!!
Right! enough of you perverts, now back to the build. :-)
Today I did some serious work on the final seat back, its not finished totally, but as good as.
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Seats
Pressure pressure pressure!!!!!!!!!!
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No way hosay!
The 50's Jaguars didn't do diamonds!!
seats saga over
Today I fitted the completed seats to see how they looked.
I am not over moon with some of the creases in the leather, but I am not about to strip it all down and try to rectify it at this stage.
I will live with them and sod it.
I think they are a lot better than some of the "modern" seats they fit to XKSS replicas today, which to my mind, don't look "right", which is why I laboured so hard to create mine.
The bottom line is, they did not have modern seats in the 50's, so they will never look right if that's the look you are after.
Seat belts next..........
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Seat belts
Today I made the seat belts, cut the slots in the alloy backs, and fitted
them both.
They don't have "Willans" on them......... yet, but they will have.
Demon Tweaks have put the Willans logos in the post!
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Thank you! You've made me feel better about them.
Thanks for the support Dave, I do appreciate it.
Like I said to redratbike, I really do feel better about the way they look.
Perhaps we all get a bit self-critical, and start striving for perfection, when perfection is not really needed.
I suppose we have to try hard though, otherwise we'd get nowhere!
I may consider it after Stoneleigh, but I am very expensive.
Seat belt fine tuning
Well the Demon Tweaks seat belt pads arrived, and I put them on (before the intended mods) just to see how naff they looked.
And as I thought, they did.
I am sure Demon tweaks meant well, but it just didn't work for a classic Jag.
So I went ahead and did the mods.
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I'll keep a good check on that area Mr T.
I have kind of polished the edges a bit, but re-making that centre section would only take me half an hour to do,and 5 minutes to swap, so I'm not overly worried really. (Centre section of seat belt I mean)
I certainly do appreciate you concern though!
Looking at your car in those pictures makes me smile! They look awful under their clothes don't they!!
All rough metal, wood and junk! Mine's just the same.
Floor tread plates
I wanted to try to hide, or disguise the steel chassis rail thing that goes across the floor under the knees. Try to make it less "Spitfire looking".
I also wanted a good solid area to put the feet on when getting in and out of the car, in order to avoid treading on the seats to do so.
I came up with a solution, I made two alloy tread plates, which do both jobs well. They obviously take your full weight, and just lift straight out in order to remove the seats if required. (They are well braced underneath)
When all the side alloy is in place, they will look much neater than they do now.
The footwell looks to be 3 inches lower, which is not a bad thing.
The finished effect will be that the car is made from aluminium, which is what I wished it was made from!!
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Colour
I've been looking at different XKS'S to see what colour looks best, and what I should choose,
Here is what I've looked at so far,
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Cannot make up my mind, I think perhaps the darker British Racing Green might be best......
Colour
Will look forward to seeing your car Mick, it should look fabulous in that solid colour!
It is looking a bit like my car will not be ready for the show,
Will you have your car at Stoneleigh?
