St Tropez front seats wanted

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I was thinking about repairing/recovering a damaged driver's seat for my St Tropez but wondered if there is a decent passenger seat kicking around that I could use instead? The existing one has a tear in the fabric which I have hand-stitched but it doesn't look great. In addition, the sponge foam is slowly disintegrating and as it is bonded to the upholstery, so the repair and recover option is likely to be a lot more expensive than sourcing a passenger seat from an expired St Tropez. Anyone know of one that is looking for a new home?

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There may be a St Tropez in that haul of BX's in whittlesey?
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I've got no idea what a St Tropez seat looks like (or a St Tropez BX for that mater - although I do know what St Tropez itself looks like....).
Got a pic of the interior? Never know what might be lurking in a scrappy near here.
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I knew that would be a question and trawled my old pics for an interior shot. No luck! It's a grey-blue background with a blue and white check insert into the seat and back panel.
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It is bespoke to the ST tropez
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Des Smith wrote:I knew that would be a question and trawled my old pics for an interior shot. No luck! It's a grey-blue background with a blue and white check insert into the seat and back panel.
Here you go Des, I know it maybe not the best of photos but I found it in one of the BULLWINKLES thread as I remember that they had one available for spares, but I'm fairly sure by now it will be in your local 'Currys' outlet in the 'White Goods section' rather than a 'White BX' :lol:

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However you may be lucky, if indeed it was saved and broken up for spares ?
richardd1652 wrote:Been down to "Bullwinkles " this afternoon and looked at the cars. The TXD is already full of scrap and they wouldnt let me get the 19TXD badge off for you Phil.
But ive agreed a price for the StTropez and will be rescuing it next week so fingers crossed.Its too far gone i think for a resto but will im sure yield many a useful bit.
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Send Richard a PM to check if indeed he may have what your looking for :wink:

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That car was scrapped a few years ago sadly as was all their BX's, I went past last month and they have a few Xantias gathering algi!
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RxBX wrote: Image
Thanks! That's the one, although a bit grubby!
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Ah, ok - unlikely to find one here then....
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You may find the BX "Cottage" special edition has the same interior?
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I had a feeling it was used elsewhere. 'Cottage' was a French special, wasn't it? That might mean a LHD passenger seat would be a good donor seat for a RHD driver's seat. Now where might I find one of those....?
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A handy excuse for a trip over methinks! I'm over here at the moment and hoping to find a scrapyard - no joy at present though. Plus it's unlikely that we can bring a seat back with us, but I'll keep a look out...
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Also worth looking at a BX Tonic aswell?
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Mat, could you not just remove the seat cover, that way any old seat in the uk can be used to replace the existing one if its too far gone to be mended & then the cloth can just be put onto the replacment :) Or is it impossible to remove the seat covers?
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Tim Leech wrote:Also worth looking at a BX Tonic aswell?
Tim Leech wrote:You may find the BX "Cottage" special edition has the same interior?
Tim, are all the Leader models which were marketed in the UK the same (i.e. MK1 and MK2), as they had the same 'Tartan/Check' middle sections but perhaps the edges/side bolster material is more like a Denim and a 'Coarse Grey Stitching' material looking at the photo below (Which was Richards MK1) rather than a Brushed Nylon/Velour as fitted in the St. Tropez models ?

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/\ photo courtesy of THIS thread for ref. !

:idea: For Des, organise a beers beers beers weekend with the lads in Amsterdam and if your still sober enough perhaps see if there's any 'Deaville' models lying about in a local breakers yard like the Dutch members below ?
CBXType1 wrote:Thanks for the warm welcome!

This is the interior of a BX Deauville.

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Something that would come close to this should be nice. Or just black.
The reason why I would like a chair from the UK is exactly like toddao mentioned
toddao: Also for you the Uk passenger seat would be your driver's seat! You're more likely to find one in better condition.
I think one seat will do. :D
This is a pic of my Deauville on winter tires.

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The above quote taken from THIS thread for ref. !

Good luck with the search Des !

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