Technical 1950 2 door fleetline rear seat installation help?

i got the seat back in no problem, but for the life of me i cannot get the bottom to go all the way back in and drop into the 2 holes in the floor.

as far as i could determine, the back must go in first, then the bottom goes in.

this is the original seat that has been re-upholstered.

is there some sort of trick to this?

thanks for any help.

mike

 

You have to use a lot of force pushing towards trunk while pushing down, being that rear and bottom have new padding. It might take two people. Good luck

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Lift the cushion up a little bit in the front. Crawl in the car and use your knee to give a knee kick to the cushion and push down at the same time. If the front seat is in place your job will be much harder.

 

YEP, what 325W said!!! I have put a ton of them in that way!

 

i huffed and puffed, kneed, punch lifted, pushed to no avail, that seat would not go in.

i took it out, loosened the back of the seat, raised it about 3/8 of an inch, put the seat bottom back in, kicked, kneed, punched, hammered, squeezed and finally the bitch of a seat went and dropped in the way it was supposed to.

thanks for the help gentlemen.[

 

Looks very nice.

 

Having the same problem, I guess I'll have to us a little more elbow grease.
Nice seats, here's mine

 

Bookmark these for future reference. The later explains about the interior trim:-

• http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1949_53/index.htm; and
  
• http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/fisher/1949/index.htm.