Mike Wilks's 1935 Standard 10 features an
arrangement called Tri-comfy seating. This was an optional fitment
to the Standard 10/12/16/20 range during the 1934/5 season, but
this is the first surviving example that your webmaster has seen
briefly
speaking there is a large armrest in the centre of the rear seat
that moves forward, along with the seat itself to create a third
seat "in the centre" of the car.
Quite
frankly, as Mike admits, in the 10 the arrangement is so small
that he can hardly see any benefit, but when re-trimming his car
he has preserved the mechanism, so we can all see it today.
My
guess is that the arrangement would have been somewhat more useful
in the 16 or 20 models which had a wider seat and it is that model
that is illustrated in the advertising literature that I have also
shown below.
The three stage process that
is required to convert from the "conventional"
configuration to the "Tricomfy" arrangement is
excellently illustrated by my photos below: