Jim, if I recall, you have to lift the seat portion partly up to get to
those bolts.  They are a royal PITA!! You may need to remove the
toe/kick-board beforehand.

John

On 1/29/2014 3:48 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to get under the rear seat of "Fifty Shades Of
> Brown," my new-to-me 1982 diesel tintop.
>
> The rear seat back has a catch at each side that does, in a crude way, what
> the later center-lever release does on later models: it lets the seat come
> forward in an irritating almost-useful zombie position that is neither up
> nor down, pressing against the seat bottom and not going flat.
>
> However, the Owner Manual for the car says
>
> "The rear seat bench is secured with one bolt on each sidewall underneath
> the seat covering. Remove both bolts and take out the seat. The backrest
> portion of the bench should not be removed."
>
> Huh? What two bolts are they talking about and how do you get to them or
> even find them? You can tell it's too cold here to mess with this thing
> much. And why does it say nothing about the latches on the backrest?
>
> Does anyone know where I can get the rubber grips that go on the metal
> backrest latches? The bare metal looks like an accident waiting to happen.
>
> Jim
> .
>