DDG 220 C aka "Millie" - MK 1 Singer Chamois

[John A. Ross]

at least its not copper or foil tape Bob, my hands look like a game of noughts and crosses after rthat

[Petowner]

Can't beat the annoyance of brass splinters , they have the ability to disappear even when looking through an eye glass , but you know they're there every time you touch that area , by picking something up or putting pressure on the skin in area of splinter.
Tend to go through phases of cutting ones self , don't have a cut for months then half a dozen in a few days..

[John A. Ross]

Final touch for the evcening, test fit, all looking good.

Seat bases now cleaned off and given a coat of satin black stuff as the mount points were a bit crusty.

Here is hoping I can get it to all to fit tomorrow. The attachment at back will be a challenge. Time for take 2 on slicing and dicing.

[John A. Ross]

Holes marked



Drilled and fitted with M8 stainless rivuts



Bar then fitted, still hoping it will not be ugly, the adjustment works great







Seat checks,

Big butt fits and can get to pedals > check

Seats rolls back and forward > check smooth as silk

Seat clears side pockets with door closed > check good 15mm to spare plus frame has a little more wiggle room yet.



Seat goes far enough forward and tilts OK > check




Room for handbrake access > check




The current high tech back bracket will be replaced with somethinga little better later



And MOST important the look in the car from window is not totally silly looking





And apparantly my little best buddy was waiting for me, screaming place down when I was in garage, welcomed back inside with warmed up slippers and a present of the "fish" I leave lying around for her to hunt down for me. Always finsd it and brings it to me at bedtime, meow meow meow ....

[Colimp66]

Looking good John.
What's happening with the back seats, when are they being fitted?

Col.

[John A. Ross]

Col

I plan on getting Lesley to re-cover them in black but thats not in the budget yet.

Going to try and get it on road first Col, no point having nice back seats if te wheels fall off if I have left anything loose

Plus I need to drive it to get the front suspension sorted.

Will see if I can get it actually on the road next week if seatbelts arrive as I can just tax it without MOT

SOmething I said I would not do but if needs must

- John

[Gary Whitaker]

They look a good fit they look comfy too ?

[John A. Ross]

Gary, yes, they fit me very well, side supporton seats on an imp can be a bit hit/miss due to the weird offset on the steering wheel, you dont notice it as smuch with a standard seat.

The holes for the M8s were deliberately oversize (was 12mm OD tube inserts to stop the box section crimping) so had a little wiggle room.

The front of the seat comes up a little padding wise so I wat to set it after driving a bit

Would be a complete bummer to fit a nice seat and still be as uncomfortable as an imp one

Still unsure on the back though Gary. I did not want to but I might end up taking the blind rivets out the rear seat brackets, modify and refit. We will see.

[PMCG]

I think there should be some sort of rule that all Imps must have the original uncomfy seats retained. :)

[Petowner]

Only green ones !
Oh maybe NOT!

Where's the unlike button?

[John A. Ross]

I will need to add the unlike button and maybe the laughing one

Imp seats were never designed for my big back side I am afraid some structural re-enforcement required

[John A. Ross]

The seat belts arived today, These were modern ones from Securon,

Fitted to standard rear wing body mount for seatbelts, given these were fitted to all imps even when no floor mounts were fitted to the floor pans I wonder if this was actually for something else and "re-purposed" for seat belts early 65 when it became a requirement. Now there is a question

With the back anchor point fitted, the second anchor point for the long length fits perfect onto the factory M12 seat belt fixing in the MGF seat




The short webbing side was the same, fitted perfect to the M12 fixing on other side of the MGF seat (original purpose)



Need to make some kind of cover for that lot eventually

Thats it in, adjusted to size (and I am a biggish fella) with length to spare !




So all sorted !!!

[John A. Ross]

Seat leather needs some love though, looking a lot more tired now, but they have been hanging around for a long time

[Colimp66]

Good to see you have seat belts in there now John. All safe an sound for zipping about in the snow .

When I fitted the passenger seat to the Pest I was thinking the leather needed some tlc and ordered some leather refurb cream from Ebay. Should have it this week, will let you know if it Is any good .
Cheers
Col.

[John A. Ross]

Col, that would be cool. Pat has all the magic restoring stuff done at his place, I rarely ever do any detailing

The stuff I got for the 356, I think it was Meguiars and Turtle Wax were both crap.I ran some foam cleaner, brake cleaner and Mr Muscle over it and it was far better cleaner, some wax furniture polish, sorted !

This looks a little dry though so reckon its neeeding fed more than cleaned