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--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: Aucountry@aol.com
In a message dated 09/08/03 09:04:16 AM, charles.robinson@eglin.af.mil
writes:
> Jim Hannibal wrote:=A0
> I am going to re upholster my 77 AA5A=A0 seats in leather>=A0 Looking for=20seat
> backs from a 78 79 or later Cheetah or Tiger.=A0=A0 Or if any one can tell me
> how to change the 77 backs so they look like the 78+
>
> Can't speak to how 78+ seat backs look, but here's how I modif
>
I only read a portion of the response from Charles, but, I'd be willing to
bet Cahrles is talking aboout the back seats and Jim the front seats.
Jim, I feel your pain.
I hated the front seats in my 77 Cheetah. So, much so, that I cut them up
with a hack saw when I took them out.
The rear seats from a Piper Dakota (pretty sure that's the one) can be
modified to go into your plane. They recline. They are very comfortable.
And,
if you do it the way I did, it also puts you 1/2 inch higher in the seat.
They'll give you 3 seat back positions.
The only problem with the Piper seats is that the seat bottom is about 4
inches too long. I had mine cut down and rewelded. In the process, I put
gussets in the 4 corners with 1/4 inch nut plates on the gussets so I could=20bolt
the new seat to the old seat pan. Removal and installation of the seat still
used the original Grumman arrangement.
Gary
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