Way to go Joe!

[BJCHEV396]

I HAVE A 1966 CORVETTE COUPE BOUGHT NEW AT HARRY MANN'S.IT IS MOSPORT GREEN,327-300HP,GLIDE,POWER WINDOWS AND AM/FM.AROUND 1983-84 I CONTACTED H-M TO SEE IF THEY COULD GIVE ME MORE INFO ON MY CAR.ALL THEY COULD DO WAS CONFIRM THAT THE VETTE WAS BOUGHT THERE.BUT THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO SEND ME A SET OF THEIR METAL LICENSE PLATE FRAMES.IS HARRY MANN'S STILL IN BUSINESS?AND WERE THEY BIG IN THE SIXTIES MUSCLE CAR ERA?BILL.

[Late BrakeU2]

There they are!! I need to spend more time on the members rides section

That one rear shot with your temp paper tags and HM frames is magical-how much are a set of NOS one's of those now about $500?

[Bill Pritchard]

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Believe me, I've tried to get that back seat out and it just won't budge!!

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There are some cars where it does seem virtually impossible to get that bottom cushion out. I had an EXTREMELY difficult time getting it out of my Chevelle, and when I finally did, I filed down the brackets on the floor so that I would never have that much trouble again. It can be a huge help to have someone else pushing back on that bottom cushion while you look under the lower edge of the cushion to see the position of the seat frame in relation to the bracket it's hooked into I'd bet at the assembly plant they either had some huge gorilla of a guy putting those in, or else they had a huge pry bar for 'persuasion'

Outstanding car, Joe, and kudos to you for taking such great care of it all these years

['69Novajoe]

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IS HARRY MANN'S STILL IN BUSINESS?AND WERE THEY BIG IN THE SIXTIES MUSCLE CAR ERA?BILL.

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They are long gone Bill. I really had no idea they were that big into high performance stuff back in the day. I was just a dumb kid out of the service looking for a way to go fast

And thanks Bill P. for the info on removing the back seat. A few years ago, I did try a pry bar to no avail. So the "seat" is still a "virgin" I guess !!
Joe C.

[92646]

Joe remind me the next time we meet and I will pull the back seat out for you. A good kick on the bottom of the lower cushion on both sides will let you push the lower cushion back then up and out of the way. After this the 2 bolts are exposed at the bottom of the upper cushion, you may have to bend the alignment tabs at the bottom then hit the upper cushion up and back at the top to pop it loose. My buddy that sold the 67 Z/28 to Charley owns an upholstery shop and he did a bunch of these cars.
Mark Sheppard

[Andy]

Thats a cool looking Nova. Mines pretty much original too, but its not in that good of shape, lol. Taking the back seats out of these cars are not that big of a deal. It just requires a little upper body strength and some leverage. I guess it doesn't hurt that I'm about 6'2", 265 . I don't blame him though. If my car was in that condition, I wouldn't want to remove the seat unless I absolutely had to. The cars that are a pain to get the back seat out of are the new gm stuff. Back when I worked at the local parts store, I hated to have to put batteries in bonnevilles and buicks. You have to almost rip the seat bottom out of the retainers to get it out. Did I mention, those were free installs?