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I managed to find a pair of (what we think to be NOS) seat filler metal panels to recover and fit. My originals had sadly gone walkabout and the repro units were expensive and probably less substantial. A scan of eBay USA yielded this pair, which got shipped easily to Simon using their very reasonable global shipping programme. No, I am NOT paid by eBay to say any of this!

Simon then used matching red vinyl supplied by Hill Upholstery and Design () to cover these filler panels (which live between the rear quarter and the seat backrest). In the factory these were simply painted interior colour but Simon is a ridiculous perfectionist and first adhered neoprene foam to them,

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