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bcnya2 said:
Any pics of the passenger side? Thanks.
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Passenger side is identical. It's been a few years since I did this but some of the pieces were available from Rick's Camaro. I believe the later latch was. I don't know if the seat frame is the same with the 2 different latches. I think the latch mounts on the trunk divider frame, so it may be possible to add the latch without major surgery.

As for the hinge bind, one of the straps was bent on mine from being folded dry and binding. I straightened it as best I could and it helped. Some good penetrating lube like Deep Creep or JB80 helped a lot too.
 
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bcnya2 said:
You have truly helped me answer some technical questions.....thank you very much. Greg
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:thumbsup: that's what these forums are about. I got help when working on various aspects of my car too.
 
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I am jumping in late on this thread but I have just finished the interior of my 67 FB vert and it has a fold down seat. It has the steel spring metal catches as shown in a post earlier.
My question/problem is that my seat does not fold down all the way. It is like it has too much padding in the seat bottom or folding seat back. Everything is installed and as far as I can tell it will only go in one way so I am not sure what the problem is.
The car was totally taken apart when I got it or I would have had pictures of this before dismantling it.
Any ideas?
EB
 
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Is the seat bottom all the way down and in the catches?
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Yes it is. The bottom seat did come out of a Camaro but I don't think that FB and Camaro rear bottom seats are different. It folds down past flat without the seat bottom so I know it is not the hinge.
As far as I can tell it is orig. to the car, so I think the hinge mounts are in the right place.
EB
 
#30 ·
It could be the new padding and upholstery. How far down does it go ?? Mine is still the original covering and it does need a slight push to come down flat.
 
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ebd said:
It is still up by about 10 or so degrees, no where near flat. Also I can't push it down unless I am sitting on it!
EB
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The seats didn't originally have much padding. Did the person who built them add extra batting/padding to make them more comfortable ??

The seat back hinge is secured to the floor bracket in a slot. I would see if I could adjust that relationship to raise the back slightly to allow it to fold further.
 
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The seat back was all rusted out and only the horrible black dry rotted button tuck seat cover was on it so I had my interior guy replace the springs with foam pad. It looks great but I guess it could be too thick of a foam pad.

I thought about raising the hinges up in the bracket but was afraid it would move it up too far when the seat is not folded.

Thanks
EB
 
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I'm jumping in here late also. Just had some experience with my 67 fold down. Mine was binding right in the center of the hump when i tried to fold it down. I found that installing the seat bottom first and then the back worked for me. Just the opposite of installing a none fold down seat. With the seat back in the up position you can still get to the mounting bolts with an extension and you can raise the seat a little and tighten it down. That worked in my situation.
 
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