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Re: Replacing the mat on the back of the rear seat - Squareback


On  1 Dec 97, Everett + Jennepher wrote:

> Hi.  I came across a cherry mat and pull handle for the back seat of a
> Squareback.  After my shock at finding a used pull handle that wasn't
> broken, I wondered, how do you replace that mat on the back of the rear
> seat without destroying the metal lip that holds it in?
> 
> Has anyone ever done this?  Tips?

My first reaction would be to just use the metal frame that came with 
the mat.  If you have actually found a NOS mat, then perhaps you 
could pry up the metal frame with a wide screwdriver and then tap it 
back in place with a hardwood block after the mat was fitted in 
place.

Jim
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       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
                             Laura Kepner-Adney
                         jadney@vwtype3.org      
                             Madison, Wisconsin
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