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Post Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:03 pm

Did all Motorsports come with Bubble leather seats?
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Post Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:17 pm

Nope

The early motorsports had the grey extended leather with the m stripes (non bubble leather)

Then you got the later ones with bubble leather lotus white and half leather
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Post Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:20 pm

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Post Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:22 pm

So a 1990 cab should have come with the later Bubble leather?
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Post Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:51 pm

If it was Sebring grey or Macau blue 1990 car with factory tech 2 kit then yes.

Is this the car on FB rob?
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Post Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:57 pm

Yes mate, late registered maybe?
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Post Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:59 pm

I'm giving it a check over on Monday night so I'll know what the story is with it then.
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Post Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:25 pm

Mine had grey leather with the stripes, out of an early Macau Motorsport.

There is a thread on here somewhere.
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Post Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:35 pm

Yes yours was a second batch macau car iirc.
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Post Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:49 pm

Would of thought it'd be first batch, was registered 03/88 IIRC.

I've still got the seats actually :mad:
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Post Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:54 pm

Were the stripes the leather ones in the corner of the seats or the plastic ones in the centre?
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Post Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:01 pm

Plastic centre ones I think.
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Post Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:09 am

Ah yes then that interior is deffo from the first batch motorsport cabrio.
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