'59 Olympia Need to remove front seat. HELP!

killerbracing · 01-12-2009

I am re-furbing my 59 olympia and can't figure out how to get the front seat out! Please help. I've sent the lights, the dogs and everything short of the law in after this problem!

All I want to do is pop out the seats, have them re-stuffed and covered while I fix the floors. Thanks guys!

BQS4 · 01-12-2009

Just thinking out loud and remembering older cars, since it has a bench front seat, if you can't reach up under from behind, or from the front, try looking under the car for bolts in the general area of where the seat is. Bench seats had at least 2 tracks that they ran on, with the adjuster on one side, the driver's side.

tomking · 01-12-2009

Originally Posted by killerbracing

I am re-furbing my 59 olympia and can't figure out how to get the front seat out! Please help. I've sent the lights, the dogs and everything short of the law in after this problem! All I want to do is pop out the seats, have them re-stuffed and covered while I fix the floors. Thanks guys!

Hey I would like to stop by some day and see your Olympia, I am just down the road in Joplin. Well live in Carl Junction. Thanks and Good Opeling.
my email address is tomking2(at)mchsi.com

Aardvaark · 01-12-2009

Try PM'ing Pete Anastopoulos who has restored his 1959 Record and should
be able to help you. Here is his info:
http://www.opelgt.com/forums/members/anastosmotors.html

killerbracing · 01-16-2009

Still looking!

Gary · 01-16-2009

My '59 is under cover on a trailer right now so I can't check that. But the front seat on my '51 Olympia came out real easy. Releasing the adjustment lever under the drivers seat released that side, pulling the seat toward you freed up the passenger side. A photo is here.

killerbracing · 01-17-2009

Thank you guys for the help and suggestions. Nothing yet. Just want it out to fix the floors and re cover the seat.

anastosmotors · 01-17-2009

I am going to check it out this week end. The car is covered inside the garage. Give me sometime. It is freezing here.
Pete

killerbracing · 01-18-2009

Thanks for the help. Looking forward to the end result. I'm re working the body as we speak. Need the damn seats out, so I can re do the interior. Got to fix the floors.

killerbracing · 01-22-2009

Guys, I've climbed under and over, there isn't a bolt or slide that I can see.

BQS4 · 01-22-2009

Originally Posted by killerbracing

Guys, I've climbed under and over, there isn't a bolt or slide that I can see.

That why I said to look under the car. The seat probably has studs that poke through the floor of the car and the nuts holding the seat are on the under side of the car.

killerbracing · 01-23-2009

Got it out! The seat is pedestal mounted and the nuts are tucked up under the seat. If you lay your head on the floor and look, you still can't see them. Just had to feel for them. 15mm socket gets them out.

01-12-2009	#1 (permalink)
killerbracing Opel Rodder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Buffalo, MO Posts: 9 Real Name: Brandon	Unanswered: '59 Olympia Need to remove front seat. HELP! I am re-furbing my 59 olympia and can't figure out how to get the front seat out! Please help. I've sent the lights, the dogs and everything short of the law in after this problem! All I want to do is pop out the seats, have them re-stuffed and covered while I fix the floors. Thanks guys!

01-12-2009	#2 (permalink)
BQS4 Southern Red Neck Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Snellville, GA Posts: 6,029 Real Name: Gene Provided Answers: 12	Just thinking out loud and remembering older cars, since it has a bench front seat, if you can't reach up under from behind, or from the front, try looking under the car for bolts in the general area of where the seat is. Bench seats had at least 2 tracks that they ran on, with the adjuster on one side, the driver's side. __________________ "Yes, I do have a rifle rack in my Sportwagon"

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Aardvaark UFO pel abductee. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 2,242 Real Name: Mark Paar (not Parr) Provided Answers: 5	Try PM'ing Pete Anastopoulos who has restored his 1959 Record and should be able to help you. Here is his info: http://www.opelgt.com/forums/members/anastosmotors.html __________________ -Mark '75 Manta Direct link to my album of Opel related parts catalogs and magazine articles for reference: http://www.opelgt.com/photopost/show...ser/23031/sl/a

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anastosmotors Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: kenosha, wi Posts: 379 Provided Answers: 1	I am going to check it out this week end. The car is covered inside the garage. Give me sometime. It is freezing here. Pete __________________ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Pete Anastopoulos www.anastosmotors.com info@anastosmotors.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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01-16-2009	#5 (permalink)
killerbracing Opel Rodder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Buffalo, MO Posts: 9 Real Name: Brandon	Still looking!

01-17-2009	#7 (permalink)
killerbracing Opel Rodder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Buffalo, MO Posts: 9 Real Name: Brandon	Thank you guys for the help and suggestions. Nothing yet. Just want it out to fix the floors and re cover the seat.

01-18-2009	#9 (permalink)
killerbracing Opel Rodder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Buffalo, MO Posts: 9 Real Name: Brandon	Thanks for the help. Looking forward to the end result. I'm re working the body as we speak. Need the damn seats out, so I can re do the interior. Got to fix the floors.

01-22-2009	#10 (permalink)
killerbracing Opel Rodder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Buffalo, MO Posts: 9 Real Name: Brandon	Guys, I've climbed under and over, there isn't a bolt or slide that I can see.

01-23-2009	#12 (permalink)
killerbracing Opel Rodder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Buffalo, MO Posts: 9 Real Name: Brandon	Got it out! The seat is pedestal mounted and the nuts are tucked up under the seat. If you lay your head on the floor and look, you still can't see them. Just had to feel for them. 15mm socket gets them out.

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