68 barracuda fast back- removing rear seat

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How does the rear bench and folding rear seat back come out of a 68 barracuda fast back?

I was able to get the floor (carpet covered plywood) behind the back seat out,,
but not the bench and back....

and along with that,, how are the side pannels behind the back seat fixed in place,, are there screws under the carpeting?
It looks like the side pannels come out with the inerior trim that goes around the rear window,, is that correct?
 
The bottom part of the seat is held down by two sheet metal bolts behind and at the back of the seat in the area where the seat belts are bolted. The folding seat should be held up by two bolts into the sides of the seat and two bolts that bolt to the body. Once you remove the back part of the seat it's real easy to see the two bottom seat bolts (although you can get the two bottom seat bolts if you stick your hand in between the seats and feel around). Then using an extension and the right size socket (7/16" or 1/2") you can unscrew the bolts and the bottom part comes right out.

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two bolts into the sides of the seat and two bolts that bolt to the body
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thanks,, I saw those,, was not sure if the back or bottom came out first,,will work on that more tomorrow..
 
here is some additional information for anyone else removing the rear seats..

the hinge on each side of the seat back does have 2 bolts that attach the hinge to the interior body,,as mentioned in the post above,, however there are a formed metal covers over the hinges.

to can take the hinge to body bolts out,, only to find that the formed metal covers on each side trap the hinges and seat back in place..

To get the formed metal covers out of the way,, there is one exposed phillips head screw,, and a second screw hidden under the rear cargo area side pannels..

to remove the cargo area side pannels,, along the top egde is a thin trim strip,, has one screw on the trainling end, the strip is held inplace with that screw and a series of spring clips. Under the trim strip and at the lower corners of the pannels are small screws that hold the pannels in place,, some of the screws are under the carpeting on the pannels.

remove the pannels,, then one can get to the screw holding the metal cover over the back seat hinges..

complicated, but that is what worked for me,, I am in process of removing the car's interior, so this was all on the agenda anyway.

thanks
 
my68barracuda said:
here is some additional information for anyone else removing the rear seats..

the hinge on each side of the seat back does have 2 bolts that attach the hinge to the interior body,,as mentioned in the post above,, however there are a formed metal covers over the hinges.

to can take the hinge to body bolts out,, only to find that the formed metal covers on each side trap the hinges and seat back in place..

To get the formed metal covers out of the way,, there is one exposed phillips head screw,, and a second screw hidden under the rear cargo area side pannels..

to remove the cargo area side pannels,, along the top egde is a thin trim strip,, has one screw on the trainling end, the strip is held inplace with that screw and a series of spring clips. Under the trim strip and at the lower corners of the pannels are small screws that hold the pannels in place,, some of the screws are under the carpeting on the pannels.

remove the pannels,, then one can get to the screw holding the metal cover over the back seat hinges..

complicated, but that is what worked for me,, I am in process of removing the car's interior, so this was all on the agenda anyway.

thanks
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Thanks I am removing my rear interior panels now. How are the spring clips behind the trim on the rear panels removed, would you have a picture of what they look like? Did you use a trim removal tool to pry it loose? (Carefully).
 
Bronze Barracuda said:
Thanks I am removing my rear interior panels now. How are the spring clips behind the trim on the rear panels removed, would you have a picture of what they look like? Did you use a trim removal tool to pry it loose? (Carefully).
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The trim strips each have a single screw at the furthest back end,, remove that then I carefully pried at each retaining clip and the clip compressed and released.
 
Just a heads up on my experience with removing the rear folding seat from a '67 Fastback. I followed all of the steps above and removed a ton of the rear interior trim before I realized that if all I wanted was the rear seat out, it was as simple as removing two accessible screws holding down the metal hinge cover and then removing two bolts holding the seat hinge to the body (both sides of course). Removing all of the interior trim was not necessary. Not sure if '67 and '68 are different, but it seems they are the same based on all the detailed trim removal steps cited above. No worries in my case because I'm stripping the entire interior out of this donor car anyway, but yeah, heads up before you begin.

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67fish383S said:
Just a heads up on my experience with removing the rear folding seat from a '67 Fastback. I followed all of the steps above and removed a ton of the rear interior trim before I realized that if all I wanted was the rear seat out, it was as simple as removing two accessible screws holding down the metal hinge cover and then removing two bolts holding the seat hinge to the body (both sides of course). Removing all of the interior trim was not necessary. Not sure if '67 and '68 are different, but it seems they are the same based on all the detailed trim removal steps cited above. No worries in my case because I'm stripping the entire interior out of this donor car anyway, but yeah, heads up before you begin.

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67fish383S said:
Sorry I don’t have the hinge covers but I may be able to help with the other piece you need. To clarify, are you talking about the hinged carpet-covered plywood fold-down panel, or the sheet metal riser that mounts to the floor of the cargo area?
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The sheet metal riser.
 
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