Where's the Back Seat?

[tbsmith]

Yes, my car is a Federal spec, sprint model.

Brian, I felt around in there and there is a metal bracket inside which goes the full width of the headrest...feels like sheet metal.

Cheers,
Tom

[types26/36]

all baby elan seats were of the fixed type.

This is not the case, from the cars I have seen up until the Sprint the seats did tilt up, sometime around the introduction of the Sprint Lotus then fitted a bracket to secure the seats. I use this as an indication that a car is a genuine Sprint as I have never seen a non Sprint with these brackets.
Lotus may have fitted these brackets to export cars or just to Federal spec cars but I am not sure, I'm sure someone will correct me.
My S2 seats do tilt but my Sprints did not, well they do now as I removed the brackets as it makes access to the rear better.
Below is a pic of the Sprint seat securing brackets I removed.

[Schrodinger]

Drilled through the floor and then bolted the mounting brackets with large washers underneath to spread the load. I had four point belts before and this is much better

Ah, thanks, that explains it!

[tbsmith]

This is not the case, from the cars I have seen up until the Sprint the seats did tilt up, sometime around the introduction of the Sprint Lotus then fitted a bracket to secure the seats. I use this as an indication that a car is a genuine Sprint as I have never seen a non Sprint with these brackets.
Lotus may have fitted these brackets to export cars or just to Federal spec cars but I am not sure, I'm sure someone will correct me.
My S2 seats do tilt but my Sprints did not, well they do now as I removed the brackets as it makes access to the rear better.

My car is a Sprint and doesn't have the tracks. That doesn't mean the PO didn't remove them. I will check and see if there are holes in the floor pan.

Does anyone in the US have a set of brackets they don't want anymore?

Tom

[tbsmith]

I checked and my car does have the holes where the seat tracks used to be. So does anyone have any they don't want anymore?