RE: [T3] Installing carpet: The Saga Begins

[Andrew Riley <AndrewR@ahsl.co.nz>]

on our car, we found the reason it didn't work was mainly because the doors
had rusted through in that spot, but new doors will soon sought that

Andrew

65 1500s Notchback


home of the americas cup

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ginger D.&Peter P. [SMTP:gingerd@teleport.com]
> Sent:	Monday, March 20, 2000 5:21 PM
> To:	type3-list
> Subject:	Re: [T3] Installing carpet:  The Saga Begins
> 
>     This is an odd set-up, but it is pretty simple.  On the older cars
> there
> was no lever handle to pull the front seat-back forward.  In the interest
> of
> safety, you don't want the seat to be able to fold forward in an accident.
> So
> they set it up to release only when the door was open.
>     There should be a 1" long lever below your door hinges (on the body).
> This
> lever is spring loaded on the inside under the carpet.  With the door open
> the
> lever is released, and pulls a cable via flexible steel housing under you
> floor
> carpet.  The far end of the cable has a hook the operates the seat back
> release
> latch (both sides have a latch, one is linked to the other).  With the
> door
> closed, you need to adjust the cable housing stop position to latch the
> hooks.
> There should be an arm with wingnut under the seats to do this.
>     OK, maybe it's not so simple afterall.
> 
> Peter Parker
> '66 Square; Phillip
> Portland, OR
> 
> Herman Haustein wrote:
> 
> > Anything you can tell about the seat-back release mech. I have these
> and
> > their not working (one of the few things left.
> 
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