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Yes, the backrests tip way forward by spring presure when the customary latch lever is released. And they tip back a long ways, too, by the same means.(Just went out and checked, in a '90 Miata, their first year. Recent models might differ.) The tracks for front-rear movement have rollers and there is no friction or binding in the travel. There is no seat cushion height or tilt adjustment provided in the Miata, but something could be custom fabricated when making up the anchorage of the seat tracks into a PV.
The seat back angle/tip-forward release lever however is located below the seat occupant's hip on the outboard side of the bottom cushion, convenient for that person, but a stretch for any back-seat passenger to reach to let himself out. The front-seat person who got out first could easily operate the seat back release lever as a courtesy, and perhaps the slide-forward mechanism also.
The release lever to slide the entire seat forward is below the seat occupant's knee, on the inboard side, and beyond reach of a rear passenger. Both types of lever could be made operable by a rear passenger by means of custom-made extensions, by rod linkage or by pull-cables in housings, like used for bicycle brakes and gears, and for chokes on the SU's.
Happy New Year!
Charles Greenlaw, Sacramento California
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