Seats and runners

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Build Manual Build Sequence Monocoque Front End Rear End Doors Finishing Donor Components Rover Metro Donor Components Rover 220/420 Components Build Sections Battery Beam end covers Bonnet and front spliter mould Boot bootlock and hinges Brake lines Carpets Dashboard cover Doors Engine cover moulding Engine frame Engine and auxiliaries Exhaust Front suspension Gear change Handbrake lever cables and calipers Door panels Trim Headlight covers Heater and pipework Lights Part trim panels option Pedal box and master cylinder Perspex screens rear and side Petrol tank filler neck and cap Pipes and services through the tunnel Radiator ducting and splash moulds to monocoque Radiator mould radiator and pipework Rear suspension Roof panel Seat belts Seats and runners Separate instrument option Setting up the car for the road Soft trimming Spare wheel mould and spare wheel Steering rack and column Throttle pedal Trimming hard panels Windscreen and rear bulkhead screen Windscreen washer bottle pipes and jets Wiper motor and blades Wiring Wiring loom insruments and fuse box 1800 gear change p.g.1 gearbox 1800 engine mountings 5AS alarm units Hydraulic clutch 1800 engine steady Spyder Supplement Top Seatbelt Mounting Hood Boot Engine Compartment Grills Stainless Steel Mesh

The Libra utilises the two front seats and runners from a K Series Rover metro. A beam runs across the car at an appropriate point between the sill and the tunnel on both sides on which the front edge of the seat runners mounts the rear edge of the seat runner mounts directly through the strengthened floor of the rear. Most aftermarket seats will fit, as there is considerable room in the Libra.

Assembly

Whichever seat you choose to use the runners at the front want to be secured into the box section that runs across the car from the outside sill to the tunnel and the rear secured to the floor behind this section. When securing the front of the runners to the box section drill through the top of the box section and straight through the bottom and then open out the bottom with say a 25mm diameter hole saw and bolt up the runner only to the top of the box section, and not both surfaces. The floor of the Libra is strengthened to take the weight of the seat runners but it is a good idea to spread the load as far as possible.

When fitting the special GTM seat mounts are available from the factory to enable you to put the seat at any angle and height you should desire. These mounts run across the floor so as to strengthen the mounting as much as possible.