wagon rear seat lock

[GMHwagoon]

   can someone give me some information
     
   when the rear seat is in the upright position the pin on the rear of the seat sit in a rubber socket
   l have one socket here that has a locking mechanism on it
   my question is did these come out as normal fittings or where they an after thought
   sorry l could'nt put a photo of it on hope someone knows what l am talking about
   

    thanks greg   

[Stewy]

Hi Greg,
From what I can figure out the FE/FC had the sockets (Retainer,Cover, Spring--Rear Seat Back) without the locking arms, and the FB/EK station sedans had the sockets with the locking arms, being safer for the rear seat passengers, depending on what else you had in the back. The master parts catalogue I have does not have a different part number for these but the rubber part has a bit cut out where the arm is on the FB/EK one, but is the same part number on the FE/FC ones. Also the FE/FC ones are not left or right handed but the FB/EK ones are.
Just my opinion, hope this helps

Cheers Stewy      

[GMHwagoon]

 thanks stewy

 l compared it with the one l got of my fc and it seems to be the same only this one has the locking mechanism on it
 and yes you would need a left and right with these ones
 so that might have answered the question they might be fb/ek

 thanks greg

[mcl1959]

I believe they came out late in the FC series - I have had a couple of later 59 wagons which had them.

Ken