Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms I’ve had an idea…

Re the seats that recline

I’ve bought and tried to adapt MX5 seats. I managed to adapt the seat base by cutting it up and welding it back together 4 inches narrower, I even managed to chop up some foam to make a base to sit on. It was much too high though. MGF seats are wider and taller but more comfortable.

The seat back on the MX5 was far too wide but very difficult to modify as the steel frame is moulded into the foam. Easy enough to cut up but not possible to weld back together due to the fire risk.

One of the problems is that almost uniquely, Morgan seats are thinner at the front, ie they taper forwards. Almost every seat I’ve seen tapers to the rear and are wider at the front. Another is that Morgan seats are very shallow, I would estimate the average bum is not more than an inch above the cockpit floor. Most of the seats I’ve seen are much higher than this.

Thanks for the thoughts though, I’m still dithering.