61 T1 rear seat mounting?

thekera · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:55 am Post subject: 61 T1 rear seat mounting?

K, just got my headliner done in the 61. The rear seat was just sitting in there since I bought the car. How does the back rest portion bolt on? Looks like just 2 holes on each side of the car unthreaded. Is it supposed to be threaded or a bolt nut stack up, and if so what size? Thank you

ottvw · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:00 pm Post subject:

It takes a special bolt. One on each side at the bottom of the door panel. Not sure on the size though.
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RareAir · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:24 pm Post subject:

The holes on the sides to mount the rear seat back usually has a welded nut on the backside. It is a 8mmx1.25 nut-

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The mounting bolt is usually a shouldered style.-

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thekera · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:34 am Post subject:

K, my threads look striped. Might need to just tap them. I'm missing those bolts. WW the place to get those shoulderd bolts?

wayne1230cars · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:16 am Post subject:

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111885591

Wolfsburg West stocks this part.
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glutamodo · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:06 pm Post subject:

The originals didn't look quite like that, but those are the ones that are available new. This is what they originally looked like...

wayne1230cars · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:06 pm Post subject:

Another option from the Samba classifieds. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/search.php?...ton=Search

Notice that there are seat mounting bolts and also seat belt mounting bolts. They are different. Your 1961 would not have had seat belts from the factory.
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arizonabuckeye · Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 3:25 pm Post subject:

On those WW bolts... Anyone know the length of the shoulder?

arizonabuckeye · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:32 am Post subject:

I should say - I bought a rear seat from another Samba-er and there is a pretty decent gap - around 1" when pushed to one side. Just wanting to see if those will work or if I need to figure out something else.


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