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  • R E J Stewart07 December 2024

    Larry. Be carefull about adding padding, you want to sit in the seat,not on top of the seat.I had mine retrimmed, and the trimmer over stuffed the seat, so I sat on the seat,not in the seat,so I slide around a bit.Eventfully changed the seat.

  • M Hyde06 December 2024

    I used Chris's excellent advice when I had my driver seat refurbished. My old friend is an excellent trimmer and replaced the centre Dunlopilo section that had collapsed with new box-section foam to match the still serviceable surrounds and replaced the 'pleats' in top cover with some felt strips, using a long 'u'shaped length of wire.

    It came out very well. My seat rail has a wedge shap...

  • Daniel06 December 2024

    Apart from grinding without goggles I hate to see youtubers hammering a chisel that clearly needs dressing on the head. Other channels have people making roll cages that have no understanding of why you would create triangles rather than squares or rectangles.

    I like 'Tinkering with Tanks' who seem to really know their stuff and is the only example I have seen of metal stitching. They a...

  • Christopher Couper06 December 2024

    Larry: Did this on my TD. Here are the instructions:

    https://www.mg-cars.org.uk/mgtd/mgtd_seat_padding.htm

  • J Targosz06 December 2024

    Hi Rob,

    Chad does use a weling shield - sometimes! He is not unique though, virtually all of the car restorers we see on screen will do MIG tacking by looking away or closing their eyes. The issue is the temptation to "just do a bit more" Chad is occasionally safety conscious though. I've seen him shoo the workshop dog away from angle grinder sparks! One gadget he has made though is very...

  • MG Moneypit06 December 2024

    Jan T. Why doesn't Chad wear a welding shield when welding? Why doesn't he use eye protection while grinding and cutting? Does he wear a dust mask when sanding down (I've so far not watched any videos of him doing that)? He may be good at what he does but he's not a good example for safe working practices.
    Rob

  • J Targosz06 December 2024

    A couple of programmes that show everything that is done are Yorkshire Car Resorations and Bad Chad, both on Youtube. The former do one job at a time and you can see how they cut out the rot, clean any rust, make templets, form panels and weld them in. It does look though that cars are with them for a long time. Bad Chad also shows a complete job in each episode - even cutting a srip of steel from...

  • David Billington05 December 2024

    I've been watching it but overall thinks it's poor as so much that happens isn't shown. I was looking for comments about the Alfasud episode and came across this thread https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing//topic.asp?h=0&f=204&t=2097298&d=16399.11242 . Comments by 'Darren C' on the next page onwards fill in much about the show as he is apparently the engineer friend helping out with personal knowle...

  • S Macfarlane05 December 2024

    when running through the model history they showed an "early frogeye" - it had wind up windows!

  • W K herford05 December 2024

    Hello Larry,
    If you seat is comfortable enough I suggest installing wooden risers under the mount rails at he bottom of the seat. No upholstery to deal with.
    Kim

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