I have sport/racing seats in my 1982 Austin Mini 1000 and I am wanting to go back to seats (front and back) that are original like. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

The only idea I have is for you to let me know if you are selling the seats you have when you figure it out. Do you have any pics of your currentseats?

 

I might trade you mine. I have a '92 so it's not like I'm really worried about a "classic" older car - I just want seats that are comfy and safe. here's what I have now:



The seats are re-covered in vinyl, but you can get the original patterns from a place like Newton Commercial, or just go with a basic cloth or leatherette. One question though - what do you have in the rear now? Most people only swap out the front seats and leave the rear alone.

 

get rid of the rears...

saves weight and who is ever back there? XD

 

Well in MY car people are back there on a daily basis... Plus the back seat cushions weigh like 10 pounds tops.

 

JESUS TEN POUNDS!

lol... but you can remove that steel the cushions are sitin on also

 

I saved my back seat for my Daschund, she's the only one that can fit back there now. I installed buckets from an 08 Mitsubishi Eclipse, now I have almost no way to get in back. The ride is a helluva lot more enjoyable now though.

I have the old original grey cloth seats. There actually in very good condition. There in my attached garage since the swap, nice and warm and dry.

I hadn't considered selling them. Let me know if there of interest to you and I can email you some snaps. Also, I'm in Virginia. We'd have to figure out a reasonable S/H cost as well, if you decided you wanted them.

 

I also happen to have some seats available, they're not original Mini seats from what I can tell, but they work. Would need some refurbishing but I'd sell for $1 plus the cost of shipping and materials, yes $1. They are currently in my garage taking up valuable real estate.

 

Those seats are cool!