[FC] seats

Tue Jul 8 21:35:24 EDT 2008

Ken,
How big is your head? Did it get flattened or is it bulging? You  
ought to put in a sunroof : )
Kevin G. Clark
63 Corvan
KCVairbrush.com
On Jul 8, 2008, at 4:06 PM, wmaw at shaw.ca wrote:

> I'm sorry ken my comments seem to have struck a nerve.  It was not  
> my intent to insult.  I was merely expressing my experiences.   
> Perhaps that's why I rarely post.
> Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Hand <vairmech at aol.com>
>
> Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:32:13
> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: [FC] seats
>
>
> ??? Have you read my article? If you had then you wouldn't be  
> making these comments. I did not beat the wheel wells and the seat  
> was about 5 degrees off center and 3/4 of an inch higher than  
> factory with fully reclining seats. I to hit my head on every bump  
> until I put my modified springs in the front. The seats I used only  
> covered the begining of the?rounded part of the wheel well, but how  
> big is your butt anyway?
>
>
> Ken Hand
> 248-613-8586
> www.corvairmechanic.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Weirmier <wmaw at shaw.ca>
> To: corvanatics at corvair.org
> Sent: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:13 pm
> Subject: Re: [FC] seats
>
>
>
> One thing to keep in mind when considering these seat alternatives  
> is that
> most of these seat conversions require that you beat your wheel  
> wells flat
> to accomodate a seat track on the outboard side of the seat.  Not my
> favorite of solutions.  I dont think any seat out there will get  
> your butt
> close enough to the wheel well to put you any where close to the  
> factory
> seat height.  The factory seat is only about two inches high over the
> wheels.
> I'm by no stretch of the imagination a "tall man" but the westbrier  
> had
> seats in it with the wells bashed in and I hit my head on the roof  
> over
> every bump.
> I.M.H.O.  There's no alternative that beats out the factory bucket  
> with some
> rehupolstery magic put into them.
> I just drove 3500 miles to ventura and back with no back troubles.
> Just my two cents
> Westbrier Mike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Hand" <vairmech at aol.com>
> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [FC] seats
>
>
>> ???? That was Sunbird seats that I used. I would think that if you  
>> went to
>> a wrecking yard and measured the heigth of the seat from the mounting
>> point and got something similar in height to the FC You could make  
>> most
>> any seat track work. Keep in mind that the seats that I used were  
>> 3/4 of
>> an inch higher than the stock seats.
>>
>>
>> Ken Hand
>> 248-613-8586
>> www.corvairmechanic.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Al Kidd <takidd at gmail.com>
>> To: corvanatics at corvair.org
>> Sent: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:48 pm
>> Subject: [FC] seats
>>
>>
>>
>> I read Ken Hands description of using mid 80's cavalier/ sunfire seat
>> tracks in
>> his brier.  Does anyone know of any other track that is similar?   
>> Even
>> though
>> they made millions of them those mid 80's cars are nearly  
>> impossible to
>> find.
>> Living in the rust belt and with scrap steel at an all time high isnt
>> helping
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