Are these A30 A35 seats?

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Are these A30 A35 seats?

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Found these seats for sale. Are they A30 A35 seats?

If not, anyone have an idea of what they may be for?

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certainly not A30 or A35, nor A40 Farina, 1100/1300 ADO16 Range, nor Mini ADO 15/20 Range
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A40FARINAGURU wrote:certainly not A30 or A35, nor A40 Farina, 1100/1300 ADO16 Range, nor Mini ADO 15/20 Range
Ok. So unknown BMC product. Not much left after you mentioned all of those.


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Morris?
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Longbranch wrote:
A40FARINAGURU wrote:certainly not A30 or A35, nor A40 Farina, 1100/1300 ADO16 Range, nor Mini ADO 15/20 Range
Ok. So unknown BMC product. Not much left after you mentioned all of those.


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are they vinyl or leather, maybe load one photo at a time to make the larger on here :thumbs:
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A40FARINAGURU wrote:
Longbranch wrote:
A40FARINAGURU wrote:certainly not A30 or A35, nor A40 Farina, 1100/1300 ADO16 Range, nor Mini ADO 15/20 Range
Ok. So unknown BMC product. Not much left after you mentioned all of those.


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are they vinyl or leather, maybe load one photo at a time to make the larger on here :thumbs:
I'll get better pics and post later.

Many seats in Canada were in vinyl as I think that BMC thought they would hold up better.

They never sat on a vinyl seat at -40 deg Then.


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Similar to some Minor seats, but I've not seen that pattern before. Maybe reupholstered to a non standard pattern at some point in their history?
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riley 1500 seats at a guess
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Alan wrote:riley 1500 seats at a guess
I had a look At some Riley 1500's and they were very close looking.

I'll have to look at some more interiors

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Longbranch wrote:
Alan wrote:riley 1500 seats at a guess
I had a look At some Riley 1500's and they were very close looking.

I'll have to look at some more interiors

Here's the pictures of the seats. You can see the " Mini" that they came out of.
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And they aren't leather - not in bad shape though!




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i see they are tip up seats, i wonder if they are early 1100 range, Austin/Morris MG 1100 etc etc, looks like someone else has some & someone has said Austin 1100..

http://mk1-forum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8082
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A40FARINAGURU wrote:i see they are tip up seats, i wonder if they are early 1100 range, Austin/Morris MG 1100 etc etc, looks like someone else has some & someone has said Austin 1100..

http://mk1-forum.net/viewtopic.php?t=8082
An 1100 owner had id'd them as 1100 seats.

He said:

I'm a 110% sure they are 1100. I have an 1100 :). Is the seat shell sort of, paper like? I had a paper/pressed fiber set and a metal set.

The front bar is mounted to a raised crossmember in a way that allows them to flip forward. The floor behind is lower, hence the metal hoops towards the rear.

Thanks to all! I don't need them even at $20 for the pair....



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