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RE: Chummy rear seat - David.H - 01-04-2020
What are the approximate dimensions of the Chummy rear seat please...I think mine is too deep.
RE: Chummy rear seat - JonE - 01-04-2020
The construction underneath, the substantial heft of it all, and now the innards really do point to an upholsterer doing a 'good job' to make something a bit more comfortable on perhaps a then-tired car. There also aren't any other indicators of Austin 7s having leather sides and cloth faces. Worth investigating though - thanks for the photos!
RE: Chummy rear seat - JonE - 01-04-2020
Ian Moorcraft has just emailed to say:
"that's a bus seat and moquette from Eastern Coachworks.
Bristol Omnibus and Western National used that pattern in the 50/60s. They used green leather around the edges and Dunlopillo inside.
We can still get that pattern made now".
Remarkable!
RE: Chummy rear seat - Steve Clare - 01-04-2020
That would be a mean little bus seat!
What an amazing coincidence it fits a chummy rear seat though-
I shall put a new cover over the top, and be quietly chuffed it's a bus seat.
Thanks for looking into it, sorry it wasn't a missing Austin fabric.