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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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The reclining seats of my 2008 Plus 4 4-seater are easy to operate. The front seats must be folded for rear seat access. If the seats only could remember the position before folding, it would be perfect.  Harald
Harald
+4 4-seater 2008 Squadron Blue
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I'm reasonably sure that Morgan would not be building the frames and mechanisms for the seats. They would just buy them in and upholster them. Certainly they could request lighter springs however they could also purchase the seats from a different supplier that builds a better mechanism.
There is something of a conundrum with the survival of Morgan over the last 50 years. Most English car and bike manufacturers got into severe trouble, were closed or absorbed into other companies for the very simple reason that they failed to modernise products and production techniques. Morgan has survived because it has not modernised (with the partial exception of the Aero range).
Even Morgan has now realised that it is time to update.
Peter ![[Linked Image]](http://bradley.it/public_images/drive.jpg)
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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I have just moved on to Morgan number 9 since 2006 and 7 of those have had "Sports Recliner" seats or the "Performance" variant of the same, all of which have been blighted with the same problem. Why oh why do Morgan persist in fitting a reclining mechanism which requires you to either get out of the car to operate it or almost dislocate your shoulder trying to overcome the return spring on the recline handle? While I am on a roll, who was the design genius who decided to move the power socket from the perfectly acceptable location in the glovebox to under the centre of the dash where, if you plug in any accessory, the plug affects your ability to change gear?  +1 on the lighter socket location, complete PitA, ended up installing two in the radio blanking plate, one constant live for battery conditioner and the other on with ign USB style
Jon M
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Just Getting Started
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Just Getting Started
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Aha! I thought the seat recliner thing was down to us not quite having learned "the knack".  Mac
Madame Fifi - 2014 Plus 4 GDI
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Tricky Dicky Member of the Inner Circle
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I have never found these problems with the reclining seats in the 3 cars I've had, just reach down and adjust. As for the comfort South Devon to Cambridge non stop one trip and no discomfort but I'm only 67 perhaps it's just an age thing  . I have lost quite a few RHD pockets to the rake lever however over the years
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Con Green +8 prev
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