I'm not sure about a Dove Blue van  :-)  but on my dark blue van's I
have used one of those hacksaw blade handles that holds the blade so
that it sticks out the end.  I could cut the bottom center strip of
plastic off the cover while it was in place and then the cover would
come out.  No seat removal needed.  I might have removed the wooden
(?) kick panel.

Larry A.

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:20 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to remove the rear heater cover in my Dove Blue '88GL. Is there a
> way to get that sucker out of there without taking the back seat out.
> The cover has been loosened from the floor, but I can't move it forward
> to clear the heater core because of a metal bar in front of it that is
> part of the seat mechanism. Anyway to get at it otherwise?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John