Occasional Seats in Vintage & Classic Cars, what are these ?

In the early days of motoring large Vintage cars were designed to be driven by a Chauffeur with the rich and famous and landed gentry travelling in grand style and large amounts of space at the expense of the poor old chauffeur who was sqeezed into a small cabin at the front, when just two passengers are sitting on the main rear seat you can see just how pampered they were. Naturally sometimes the gentry had other people to transport in their cars so Occasional Seats were fitted that by the very nature of their name were used 'occasionally'. These seats are folded away into the bulkhead just behind the chauffeurs compartment and are unfolded when required.  Because people in the early days of motoring tended to be much smaller than they are today these seats reflected this and are much smaller than the main seats in the car and as such are not as comfortable for larger adults on longer journeys we therefore advise these seats are used by children or by lighter weight adults, although normal size adults can use these seats any trip longer than 10 or 15 minutes may not be as comfortable as it could be and you must also consider that if the Bride is travelling in the car with all the occasional seats in use then the space will become very limited so this should be taken into consideration if the Bride is wearing a full wedding gown or as with a military style wedding the Groom has ceremonial swords attached to his uniform.  If you are in any doubt then we would always suggest you view the car to ensure there is enough space for your party to arrive refreshed, and not crushed.

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