Removing rear seats

[ace]

Has anybody removed the rear seats in a 1958 model? If you have, can please explain the steps involved, looks like even removing the plastic covers can be difficult. Thanks!

 

[kyakaddict]

The plastic covers were easy, I took my LC to a body shop and they did it for free, took about 5 minutes. The seats are another story. I took out the bolts on the driver side seat easily enough, but wow, that seat is heavy and difficult to manuever, right now the seat is stuck at an angle, so I'm hoping the dealer's mechanic can free it and reset it in place. No longer thinking about removing the seats. Huge hassle.

 

[mountaindesert]

Rear Seats Be Gone !!

I'm a single guy and have no use for the rear seats so I took them out. They're in the way more than they're any help for me. And I probably save 100 lb. I also can use the latch points where the seats used to attach to as additional latch points to hook things into such as dogs etc. I'm...

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