Re: Spider seat conversion

[Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I do believe that you can upgrade your Spider's seats to a newer model's
>more comfortable ones. I know this has been done before, someone took
>out there damnable 83 Spider's seats in favor of some more luxurious
>ones from like a Quadrifolio or something. This is certainly something
>that I am planning to do sometime. Alfa made some fun cars, but they
>sure did not pay much attention to driver comfort level, did they?

I've never had a problem with the comfort of the 1971-1979 seats, I just 
wish they'd covered them in something other than vinyl, which makes me 
sweat too much. Since the passenger seat in my '78 is somewhat damaged 
and I have an '82 parts car with leather seats that are in passable 
condition, I'm planning on swapping the leather ones in and eventually 
having them recovered when I do the entire interior over. All the seat 
tracks and mountings are the same, the early seats afford a large person 
a little extra room compared to the later ones. 

My biggest beef in comfort is the fact that there's no way to hold the 
throttle comfortably on a long trip. The floor is sloped oddly just under 
where my heel should go which means I have to hold my leg in position the 
entire time. After two or three hours of driving, it often takes me a few 
minutes just to be able to stand up again. Long legs are often not a 
blessing. 

Godfrey

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