Spider door handles/seats

["Dean W. Cains" <dcains@domain.elided>]

Hi group:

I need some pearls of wisdom regarding the adjustment of the outer door handles on my 
'74 Spider.  It's been a few months since I removed the broken ones and I have just found 
the time to install the new ones.  The problem is that I can't seem to get the adjustment 
correct, and I can't get the doors to open from the outside.  Ideas, please?

This may have been discussed already, but has anyone replaced Spider seats, of the 
same vintage as my '74, with something a bit more modern?  I'm thinking about searching 
some junkyards for seats from a Miata, Probe, Prelude, etc. for something that might fit 
well.  I'm generally not involved such sacreligeous mods, but I have been spoiled lately by 
seats of some of my other recent cars (BMW, Volvo, even the Cherokee!).  I don't want to 
spend the money on new Recaros, and cloth upholstery would be nice here in the tropics 
of Florida.  A shoulder belt guide on the seat back would likely also be needed, as I've got 
a set of 3-point belts from a later Spider that I'm also installing in place of the lap-only belts 
that came in the car.  Has anyone found anything that fits with a minimum of aggravation?

Regards,

Dean W. Cains
'74 Spider Veloce

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