Start on the seats

 First, a problem...

Yes, despite me having far more space than a regular Haynes roadster, the air filter doesn't fit. I noticed it after fitting the meter and the filter, then seeing the bonnet not sitting right. The filter is jammed between the frame and the body. Given that I'm not going to cut the body or the frame, the filter is the one that has to give. That'll be an interesting side project, not quite sure what to do yet. 

Anyway, back to the seats. The foam glued on really well after my dashboard exploits;

And thankfully just having that thin foam on has made the seats far more comfortable. I did manage to get the wadding from the Hole in the Wall, although storm Darragh did make that particular journey quite eventful. Before that goes on I needed to round off the corners;

The left side is the cut right angle from the initial trim, the right was after I'd smoothed it over a bit. It was pretty easy to do to be honest, the powerfile with a really coarse grit belt was enough to shape it. Then my Japanese saw rasp took off the untidy bits. So now I have two seats with nicely rounded edges;

I'm really happy with the outcome, everything has gone right so far.

There is a slight change of plan on the wadding though. I had originally planned to have the surface as one piece, and the edge trim as another. But that seemed to be asking for trouble, particularly how the rounded corners were done. Instead I've cut it so the surface wraps round and staples to the back. I'll still glue it in the centre so it doesn't slide about under the leatherette, but being able to pull it taught round the edge will hopefully give me a really smooth corner without too much effort. 

Once that's done I can apply the leatherette.