Rear seat catch

[Douglas Denlinger]

My 58 owners manuel show two different set ups for the rear reat holder.

One shows the pin that Lisa is reproducing, on the seat it's self the other shows a hook.

What's correct? Was one for a coupe the other for a convertible?

Does anyone have pictures of all three pieces needed for the rear seat?

1) The strap on the tray (by the way what's the correct color?)
2) The holder on the seat
3) A hook near the tunnel??? What's this used for if the strap is attached to the shelf?

Thanks
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[Buggeroff]

I believe that the hooks attatch to the rear parcel shelf and to the sheet metal above the transmission tunnel below the the rear seat.
The strap attatches to the seat back and can be rotated to secure the seat in the up or down position.
Chris.
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[Karmann Gheezer]

This is from Rockstocks "awesome" site:
http://www.kgoc-gb.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59

Down about 4/5 of site:

Seat - Rear Strap
The Cab had 2 white straps holding the seat either up or down
A long strap was attached to the rear parcel shelf
A short strap was attached to the rear seat cross member panel, just above the tunnel
The strap(s) hooked over a shaped screw located on the top centre of the backrest
For the Coupe, this situation was reversed
The coupe had one white strap, fixed to the top centre of the backrest
This strap swivelled and latched over one of two hooks
This variance was required due to the lower position of the Rear Parcel Shelf on the Cab tbc
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[theghiagirl]

Here is a picture of the original retaining strap and cap on my 1959 convertible and as you can see it is mounted just above the tunnel.

Here is the original retaining strap post for the seatback from the same car.

I need to take a picture of the strap that is on the shelf area behind the backseat. This is also a white strap that is similar to the one above, but it is longer because it has to stretch from the shelf area to the post. I know that there is a long strap available, but I think it is black .

[Douglas Denlinger]

Thanks Lisa,

Just what I needed. I knew the strap from KGP&R (black) was incorrect......what else in new

The clip for the rear shelf is the same as the one located above the tunnel correct? Just the lenght of the strap is different?

Douglas
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[KGCoupe]

That rubber strap looks just like what VW used on my '74 Thing, only those are black.

[theghiagirl]

[tri356]

Is this long white strap something that Gary at Brezelwerks could reproduce?

Mike

[Karmann Gheezer]

Bumping up a very old post for some clarification on the clamps holding the seat restraining strap for coupe and convertible.

Image below shows a collection of various hardware used for the rear seat restraining strap.

The coupe uses a chrome cap (with a rivet and wood screw) to be tightened and to allow the restraining strap to swivel to (2) hooks when the seat is up or down. The cabriolet uses two restraining straps (each different size) and are tightened in position using the anodized cap (see image below) with the machine screw (and, I think without the rivet) so the strap is not to swivel or move. Is this correct? Or, does the strap swivel for the convertible also? Looks to me the machine screw being screwed through metal would eventually loosen if it was made to swivel. I believe that's why Lisa's image (above) showing the decrepit restraining strap held in that position after all those years is still in the fixed position. Lowlightheads, please advise.

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[cruiser]

Re-activating a super old post on rear seat straps. I'm just thinking convertible as per my questions...

So, we can see Lisa's original strap mounted just above the tunnel but does anyone have a picture or two of the convertible-only rubber strap that mounts to the "parcel shelf" behind the rear seat back rest? How about a picture showing the entire back seat where both straps are able to be seen?

The white strap is reproduced but does someone/some company make a second length white strap?

For a 50's era cabriolet (Lowlight), is the short white strap the one mounted above the tunnel whereas the longer version attached to the parcel shelf?

Thanks!