Seats, Floor Coverings, Convertible Hood

Seats, Floor Coverings, Convertible Hood - Tav. 67 SI& Tav 68 SII

Series I B10 etc. Seats, Floor Coverings & Fittings [Tav.67 SI]

Series II B12 etc. Seats, Floor Coverings & Fittings [Tav.68 SII]

Floor Coverings B20 - Tav. 67 SI& Tav 68 SII

The rubber floor mats can now be replaced with exact replicas manufactured in Italy by Cicognani see www.cigognaniguarnizioni.it/Lancia-132 where there are listed items for B10-B21-B22; B12; B20, B24 Convertible, B24 Spider America & for B50. Some pages from an earlier catalogue follow, but the current listing is very comprehensive & covers all the rubber coverings & seals. There are a few anomalies concerning the details for specific models.

Cicognani - B20 Series 1 to 3

Cicognani - B20 Series 4

Cicognani - B20 Series 5 & 6

The following photos are from a late 4th Series B20-3609

Thorough soundproofing below rubber mats or carpet is beneficial particularly on early cars, which were quite noisy. The insides of the doors and 3/4 panels and below the rear seats are other obvious areas for eliminating panel drumming. The bulkhead between the rear seats and the boot can also be made more soundproof. Originally a black bitumastic covering was applied to the floors & elsewhere.

Rear of Car

Rear floor mats

Front of Car

Front floor mats for a right-hand drive 4^th Series B20 car - so you can see cut-out for accelerator pedal on right mat &the hole for floor gear-change, & on left mat hole for fuel reserve tap.

Front of Car

Floor matting for left & right sills

All the items shown on this section following come from B20-3609, a late, unrestored 4th Series

Central prop-shaft tunnel with "leatherette" covering to central mounting

Central prop-shaft tunnel "leatherette" coverings removed

Rear end of prop-shaft tunnel at rear seat covered with "leatherette" sections.

Cork layer on rear seat added by owner to suppress noise.

Floor matting on vertical section below rear seat mounted on plywood - possibly not originally.

Three sections of "leatherette" at rear of tunnel

Central cover piece - leatherette glued to a shaped metal sheet. Outer face at top.

Seats - B20 Models - Tav. 67 SI& Tav 68 SII

The seats of B20s were mainly covered in cloth (Panno) or in leather (Pelle) with the sides in leatherette.

The production records for each card show the type of covering & the colour. Most cars were fitted with two front bench seats with backs folding forward as most cars had a column gear-change.

Clearly there were special orders for coverings & for seats & for a floor gear-change.

The following illustrations are of the original, unrestored seats from a late 4th Series B20 - they are even marked faintly with the Pininfarina production number in yellow wax crayon.

Different seats were made for the 5th & for the 6th Series B20 cars - see next page.

Left-hand front seat covered in cloth "Panno nocciola" with dark brown leatherette panels & piping, The seat frame has the original paint.

Left-hand front seat with back folded forward - there is no locking device, but there are adjusters for the vertical setting of the seat back - see below.

The arm-rest is on the other side.

Rear of Right-hand seat showing leatherette-covered rear panel.

Right-hand seat from front showing painted frame, rails fixing seat to floor, chromed seat adjusters, hinges for seat back & leatherette covering to front edge of frame.

Seat adjuster & hinge close-up

Seat adjuster & hinge close-up

B20 5th Series Front & Rear Seats

B20-3701 seats unrestored in 2008

B20-3701 seats restored in 2014 - note arm-rest in front seats "appoggiabraccia"

B20-3800 in 2011, probably restored

B20-3811 in 2014 show arm-rest in rear side panel.

B20 6th Series Front & Rear Seats

B20S-1580 in 2011 - note different stitching

B20S-1580 in 2011 - note different rear to front seat - recessed, unlike 4th & 5th Series

A good view of a 6th Series seat back

Rear Seat

The rear seat on the B20 up to & including the 4th Series is a minimal cushion covered in leatherette with an underlay of stitched black plastic over hessian in the same style as that covering the interior of the boot sides. No rear seat is listed for the 4th Series; in fact it is suppressed in the parts book. However a seat & back is listed for the 5th & 6th Series B20

B20-3423 from 2015 - restored but correctly, showing shallow rear seat in leatherette & cloth-covered seat back with one vertical alloy strip.

B24 Door & Convertible Hood

B24 Spider & Early B24S Convertible Petrol Tank Covering & Seats

Ref: Tav.68

The following notes were contributed by Sebastien Simon, Switzerland in 2013 regarding his family's B24S-12xx

The cover for the fuel tank of B24 spider, and early B24 convertible (5th series), before the tank was put under the floor, is made of Resinflex. This company still exists (2013) at http://www.resinflex.com/Resinflex Srl, Via Reis Romoli, 256, 10148 Torino, ITALY. Tel: +39.011.2280.711 Fax: +39.011.22.64876; E-mail: info@resinflex.com

This fully original early 5th series convertible was subject to some restoration recently & the following photos show this part of the car with comments.

An Italian specialist of B24 spiders said that there were some variants for the tank cover on the spiders, so it is important to know what B24 one is talking about.

As it was originally. The full tank cover material is Resinflex. The hood is here just lying on top of it

There is a bottom, and then comes the tank, with its 2 straps, then a tank cover. You can also see the sides, behind the doors, which are of another material, leatherette maybe, but it does not match the door panels. Certainly original, but not very nice to the eye.

The seat backs are also leatherette, not the leather used on the top.

As our trimmer did it - It is non-original, but much nicer at least for the owner who retains this car

You see that the ribbed floor rubber is used on the vertical panel

With seats folded back to erect the hood.

Those 5th series seats are pigs to do right.