Hank's Type 65 Build Thread

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Seats

OK, here's something that arrived today. Finally got my seats in. These are Stoneleigh seats custom built by Intratrim Automotive Interiors in Britain. It took about 3 months from order to arrival and I am very happy with them to say the least. I found them through a couple roadster builds I follow on Instagram, and when pricing them out they come in about the same price as all other name brand sports seats--so one thing lead to another and....well, here they are (and wife saw them, sat in one and gave her wholehearted approval). You can customize everything on these (which I did but stuck to black as thats my interior color with some white stitching to break things up a little), they are heated (I am in New England after all), and they can embroider logos.

I am very happy with my fit in the kit Cobra seats in terms of the bottom and these have a very similar fit on bottom (whew). What I found (for me anyway) is that in the kit seats the transmission tunnel and the wall up to the sill naturally bolster me side to side, so these have back and shoulder bolstering but not so much on the bottom. These are a fiberglass shell that measures 16.5 inches at the bottom width, and the seat to back angle is the same as the kit seats. So these will easily fit between the tabs, and should sit far back, which I found was my strong preference when comparing the Corbeau Evolution X to the Vinyl Roadster Seats. My car is still at my friends shop working on a custom transmission bracket so will hopefully get over there and try them in soon.