Just get the widest point measurement of the new ones and compare with what you have.
As you are buying or have retro ones i am sure they should fit ok.

Thank you! That's what I was hoping to hear! My car is a pretty early model so I have a 1" gap between the two brackets. I was hoping to get a set of seat brackets to figure out what would work. I was hoping all I needed was some Delrin spacers.  Unfortunately this is after I already purchased a bunch of steel to make my own brackets. 

Hoping to connect with Brian and see if his brackets will fit my seats. Crossing fingers. I will let you know how it goes.  Oh, btw -  I have Corbeau Retro Buckets. They should fit, but now I'm nervous.

@mnicoop63 - You've got email. 

Instead of removing the possibly welded to the cross member brackets you currently have the only real difference between the early cars and later ones is that the early ones had an opening about 1 inch wide which the tubular seat frame fitted into and the later ones were just a flat piece of steel.
You can fit the later or the Corbeau brackets shown into your early type brackets by just using a spacer or maybe two to centralize the runners in the bracket eliminating the L brackets in the instructions picture.
Depending which style of seats you buy measure the Corbeau seats 10 times some are very wide at the shoulder level and do not fit in a Mini.
Hope this helps.

Ted I will grab them tomorrow. Here is a picture of what my brackets on the crossmember look like. These might be available too if needed. I can't remember if these go to one of my cars or if they are spares. I will find that out tomorrow. I was going to send you a message/email but when I click on the link it says it's not a secure site or something or other. Does anybody know how that all works? Anyhow, my email is [email protected]



Brian

If you have the bases / brackets, I am very interested. I'm in San Jose, CA.  I'm willing to pay for them if you can dig em out of storage.

Thank you,
Ted

When I bought my mini it had Corbeau buckets in it with Corbeau square bases that the seats bolted to. They had a lever which made them slide on the tracks. They tilted forward and were bolted to the factory seat mounts which are bolted to the crossmember on my car. I am not sure what seat mounting brackets are in your Seven. The seats are long gone but I kept the bases. They are in perfect condition. I might still have the original paperwork/brochure for them too. I have extra factory seat mounts too that attach to the cross member. If you are interested let me know and I will dig them out of storage. They're in there somewhere.. Obviously we will have to make sure they are compatible with your seats. I'm in Northern California. 

I do have the instructions. You don't use the bottom L bracket on the front of the bases. When those aren't bolted in place the brackets that point down from the base fit perfectly in the factory brackets on the cross member.

I'm not.

This is what got me wondering. I think that's what the previous post mant when referring to minor modifications.

Ted

Are we forgetting about early seat brackets that are welded to cross member and fit a round tube seat frame? Steve (CTR)

Well, actually they have ....  My 63 has the bracket that attaches the seat to the car riveted to the seat so the bracket and seat can't be separated.  I think very early cars had a different arrangement again.  I used a later bracket which was then modified (with additional bracketry) to get the seat positioned where I wanted it.

However, (the good news - I hope is that the crossmember has its blind nuts in the same position throughout (the 63 does).

This means you can use the standard 64+ Corbeau mounting by fitting the later model seat mounting to crossmember bracket.

If I was buying remotely (i.e. I couldn't take the car to the vendor to try it out) I would want something in writing that guarantees what they are selling would fit my car.... (or my money back..

Cheers, Ian

In the 41 years of continuous production of the mini. The lower seat brackets / frame have never changed. In the later years, there was the addition of the safety device added to prevent the seat from lifting in the event of a front end crash.

Hello

I have a 1960 Austin Seven "mini". I want to install Corbeau classic bucket seats into the car. Does anyone make a seat bracket for an early Mini? Every bracket I see advertised is for 64 or later.

Thank you,
Ted