<VV> Intro, and dismantling questions

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Congratulations on stepping up into the ranks of the exclusive 4door elite!

1) This is a task that I have destroyed seat cushions over, and in one 
car after I DID get it out, I was so angry at it that I took a sledge 
and beat the living crap out of the welded-on-the-floor bracket catches. 
It honestly takes the proverbial 800# gorilla to remove the rear seat 
cushion. The bottom part of the frame is supposed to be compressed (more 
like crushed) rearward, lifted up, then decompressed forward. Normally 
an impossible movement, except for the aforementioned gorilla. 
Rots-o-ruck with it! As for mine, I have my gorilla/mechanic remove it, 
and then NEVER put it back that way. I ALWAYS leave the bottom cushion 
merely set in place.

2) You might be able to get the door open after you remove the door 
panel and access the inside. No doubt age and setting has frozen 
something up. To pull the door panel, you probably will need to remove 
the rear seat bottom and back.

On a white interior, the contrasting color probably should be black, 
especially on an originally Evening Orchid car.

-Mark C

Jeff Schramm wrote:

>Greetings All,
>
>I'm new to the list and fairly new to Corvairs. I recently purchased a
>'65 Monza 4-door, 110HP, 4 spd. It has 54K original miles and spent
>most of the past 30 years in a barn.
>

>I went to pull out the rear carpet and discovered:
>
>1) I don't know how to remove the rear seat. Help please? (I'm
>ordering the Assembly Manual today).
>
>2) the rear passenger door won't open anymore. The lock mechanism
>seems to work but it's very stiff, so I suspect the catch isn't
>releasing all the way. Can I spring the door open from the inside
>after I remove the door panel?
>
>I'm sure many more questions will follow. Thanks in advance for your patience.
>
>Jeff
>
>P.S. - anyone happen to know the correct carpet color for a white
>interior on an Evening Orchid car? A color change is in the distant
>future.