{"id":329,"date":"2003-09-06T16:38:04","date_gmt":"2003-09-06T06:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/?p=329"},"modified":"2023-03-12T08:07:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T22:07:34","slug":"seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/projects\/seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin15.jpg\" alt=\"sheepskin15\" title=\"sheepskin15\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin15.jpg 480w, http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin15-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seats &#8211; <\/p>\n<p>  <\/b>The existing leather seats were the most comfortable car seats I have ever sat in but leather is just too hot for my part of the world. <\/p>\n<p>To stop from sweating I had to sit on a towel even in winter, so I recovered the seats with black leather side bolsters and thick sheepskin centres, which are coloured a deep Burgundy.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin21.jpg\" alt=\"sheepskin21\" title=\"sheepskin21\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin21.jpg 480w, http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin21-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><p>I&#8217;m so comfortable sitting &#8216;in&#8217; the sheepskin seats and they&#8217;ve added to the appearance of the interior, which looks great. I&#8217;ve covered the armrest with matching sheepskin.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin51.jpg\" alt=\"sheepskin51\" title=\"sheepskin51\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin51.jpg 480w, http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin51-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The power sports seats have 9 controls. Everything is electric. The seats go forward and back, the front goes up\/down, the rear goes up\/down, the seatback reclines, the side back bolsters squeeze in and out for a firm fit and there is an airbladder with three sections in the lower back of the seat.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p>Some of the seat controls fit into the leather bolsters, I ordered new bezels for them and these pictures were taken before they had arrived.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin41.jpg\" alt=\"sheepskin41\" title=\"sheepskin41\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin41.jpg 480w, http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin41-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>The steering column is adjustable in height and travel so no wonder I think it&#8217;s the most comfortable car I&#8217;ve ever driven.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin31.jpg\" alt=\"sheepskin31\" title=\"sheepskin31\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin31.jpg 480w, http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sheepskin31-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>Also visible in the photo&#8217;s is my &#8216;breadbox&#8217; replacement &#8211; a padded black vinyl panel with &#8216;Corvette&#8217; embroidered in the area stamped in the famous Corvette &#8216;Bow-Tie&#8217; shape.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"#\">back to top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheepskin Seats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[44,11,43,42],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-breadbin","tag-corvette","tag-seats","tag-sheepskin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1214,"href":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/1214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robhealey.com.au\/Corvette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}