Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:49:17 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.indian-creek.net ([209.176.40.9] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b1) with ESMTP id 3136619 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:43:02 -0500 Received: from pavilion (sl37.du.indian-creek.net [209.176.40.53] toucan@78055.com) by mail.indian-creek.net with SMTP (IOA-IPAD 4.0) id 2K0AM00 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:45:46 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <005901c4166d$ec742ee0$3528b0d1@pavilion> From: "Jim Cameron" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Splitting rear seat in ES X-Original-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:44:38 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0051_01C4163B.9DE48FE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C4163B.9DE48FE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It's a nice idea to split the rear seat in an ES, but the challenge = will be providing seat support. The back of the rear seat is made rigid = by the angled rib section at the top. If this is split, and no support = is provided at the top center, the seats will twist and the inboard top = corner will bend backward. You could make a rigid fixed support that = went all the way across. That would allow one half of the seat to come = forward. The trade-off would be having a fixed bar across the open = side. Jim Cameron Medina, TX ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C4163B.9DE48FE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

It's a nice idea = to split=20 the rear seat in an ES, but the challenge will be providing seat = support. =20 The back of the rear seat is made rigid by the angled rib section at the = top. If this is split, and no support is provided at the top = center, the=20 seats will twist and the inboard top corner will bend backward. = You could=20 make a rigid fixed support that went all the way across. That = would allow=20 one half of the seat to come forward. The trade-off would be = having a=20 fixed bar across the open side.

Jim Cameron

Medina, TX

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