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Thanks, I am definitely going to get them over the winter.  Please send me the information on the dealer you used.  I see there are quite a few different prices out there.  You can email me direct if you don't want to post adams69camaro@gmail.com.  Thanks for the help.  I really look forward to having "comfortable" seats.  Did you install yourself or have an upholstery shop do it?

Thanks for the information.  The only other question I have is I have read where the new seat foams add about 1" to the seat height.  If so, does that bother your headroom too much?  I am 6'4" and my head is right at the top of the windshield already in my convert.  Mine is the black/white houndstooth pattern.

Cant use stock covers. Wont fit new pads. They sell factory stock covers with the pads.

Yes, stock look with better bolstering.  You can see them at http://www.tmiproducts.com/chevy/

Anyone done a TMI Sport Seat conversion in their 69 Camaro?  I must be getting old because my stock, custom houndstooth seats are not comfortable for long cruises at all. Thinking about doing the conversion this winter.

So I know the purists will kill me but an outfit called TMI makes a "sport seat" modification that uses the original frames and gives you an actual comfortable seat.  I have not done it in my car yet but I plan on getting a new set of seat frames and turning them into the sport seats so I can retain my originals for show and also have the sport seats for travel.  None of the original 69 seat bottoms I have had over the years are very supportive when rebuilt to stock configuration.

Also for anyone interested, there is a seat rail extender you can get to attach that will give you an extra 2 inches of leg room for either the driver or passenger or both.  They are an original part you could get installed at a dealer in 1969 and are available from Performance Years INC for $59.00 a set.  Well worth it if you are over 6 feet tall. (I am 6'5" and the extra leg room really makes a difference in my 69)

Thanks Ed, that is what I thought just wanted to make sure.  Appreciate it.

For a 69 SS or Z-28 with the 15X7 Rally Wheels for 4-wheel disc brakes, should the wheels have the flat "disc brake" center cap or the standard "derby caps"?

Anybody know the correct alternator belt for a 69, 396/375 without air pump?  Just water pump, fan and alternator with deep groove pulleys.  I don't see one listed in the restoration parts books.

I have a L-78 "copy" car we built from scratch, not an original.  I will never represent it as an original but I was just curious if anyone know how many originals were built.

Anybody know how many 69 RS/SS Convertibles were built with the 396/375, L-78?