Funny the car coat was popular decades after most cars were open.
Took two evenings, but got all the cargo area removable pieces out - fighting rusty screws. Got the narrow hinged panel to work with heat, penetrating oil per Gary H's suggestion. And trimming of the spring catch end part of the hinge pin.
Now to scrape off remnants of the rubber mat. Thinking after sandblasting and painting, Line-x (truck bed liner) will be the way to go on the tailgate access panel, seat back and the hinged panels behind the seat. The large board cargo floor (spare cover) and rubber are not bad, going to Armor-all the rubber. Grandpa always had cardboard back there, layers and layers of it - crispy cardboard was still there 22 years later when I got the car in 2012. That protected the large floor area even though it sat out in Eastern Washington sun all its life..... ; )
Ric
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From: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary H.
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 11:42 AM
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Subject: Re: '62 Wagon rear seat archeology
Car archeology at its best. :)
A car coat was a hip-length overcoat or jacket originally designed to be worn while driving a car, [popular 1960–65].
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/car+coat
If you can safely apply heat to that frozen spring and let it cool the rust may give up the fight.
Thanks,
Gary H.
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> Also does your narrow fold-up floor piece right behind the rear seat work?
> Mine is frozen in place straight up, even after a year of soaking it
> with penetrating oil. Looks like it should be a spring loaded piano
> style hinge to pop up the panel when you want the seat up?
>
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> When I took the seat back off, inside the seat was a thin strip of
> remaining ol’ skool clear plastic puffy seat covers. And a store
> credit memo receipt dated 1963 for a 1924 Cadillac “car coat”
> made out to Mrs. John C. Crocker. Maybe the first owners, since my
> grandparents bought the wagon in 1969. At any rate both the seat
> cover remains and the receipt, show they were car people that took
> car of their cars. The Cadillac was 39 years old at that time.
> Maybe the $19.90 “car coat” was a car cover, or undercoating?
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