British UC seat cushions

[Lynn Eades]

Check this out Al.

[Ron Pier]

The NOS cushions that I acquired some years ago are green. They have a very faint TL number (not CTL). I can't see a date or makers name though. I also have an original seat back cushion but would have to remove it to see any markings. Ron

[Ben]

Speak to Jim Clark, he has an almost perfect match for the green rexine used on the original British seats. It's not actually rexine but the match is very good.

[ajmac]

Many thanks guys. I guess it's up to me then...green or brown!

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by ajmac

Many thanks guys. I guess it's up to me then...green or brown!

About 25 years ago, I was at Bill Vince's yard at Ely, getting Bedford parts and asked if he had any seat cushions, he showed me a van load of nos British Carrier cushions. Although the cushion fitted the Bedford seat, it was bloody hard and awful to sit on, so I sold it to a Carrier owner. Definitely green exactly as the one in Ron's post.

[Lynn Eades]

Which is what Ben and I have. (thanks Ben for thinking of me) They are filled with felt as per Ron's picture. I haven't done any endurance testing yet Richard. Now I know what to expect :-(

Alistair, Petr's brown seat back cushion has the hole for the seat belt, which is in keeping with his later war MkIII welded hull carrier. The serials for that batch are T331000 to T334000. The last carrier contract going to Ford (Dagenham), so quite late. (from Nigel Watson's Vol.1.)

[Ron Pier]

Yes these cushions are filled with several layers of some hairy felt stuff. As Richard stated, they are very firm. In fact if you stand on them, you hardly make a dent. Ron