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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: cal44 on Tuesday,September 03, 2013, 10:34:24 AM
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Anyone using aluminum bomber seats in their Europa for extra space? These are out of the U.K and look real nice, of course a little upholstery might help. These are just to nice to cover. Example below.
http://www.bigwigracecars.com/bomberseats.htm
Or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Two-Bomber-Seats-Hot-Rod-Rat-Street-Aluminum-Vintage-Pair-WWII-type-racing-/190882027438
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Gee Mike, I think I'd need a lot more "personal padding" on my backside before I'd have one of those in any car ;)
( It's all right for an airplane, they don't have to contend with our (UK) lousy roads ! )
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I bout' fell over at the beautiful workmanship on the U.K seats. Could have a one piece removable leather seat and back pad upholstered like a vintage speedster leaving the sides bare metal. Who knows if it would be comfortable................
mike
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Wow, those are beautiful. I would think that to use them in a Europa, they would have to be designed to fit the unique Europa interior geography. Additionally, I would have to consider very carefully before I replaced seats as comfortable as the Europa seats. For all their simplicity (compared to modern seats) I have yet to sit in any car seat, at any cost, that comes close to matching the comfort of the Europa units.
I would like to see a hybrid combining the Europa seat with the bomber seat. Retain the geometry, padding, and seat bottom suspension of the Europa seat with the beautiful, exposed aluminum structure of the bomber seat. Looking cool and comfy, too.
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I agree... Mmmm, tasty