65 rear seat delete latch cover

[65Clone]

I have seen a couple different covers and was wondering if they differed from 65's , carryovers, and 66's. I have seen some with 3 rivets and others with 4. Also is the cover fiberglass like the interior piece or vinyl? Thanks for the info.

[Bob Gaines]

I have seen a couple different covers and was wondering if they differed from 65's , carryovers, and 66's. I have seen some with 3 rivets and others with 4. Also is the cover fiberglass like the interior piece or vinyl? Thanks for the info.

You forgot steel.

[65Clone]

Yes, I guess I was thinking vinyl covered steel. I have heard that the blanks for the delete was sourced from the same material that they made the interior of the door/frame panel from.   

[mygt350]

This is the original latch delete cover for 5S228.

[Bob Gaines]

Yes, I guess I was thinking vinyl covered steel. I have heard that the blanks for the delete was sourced from the same material that they made the interior of the door/frame panel from.

Yes the steel steel panel had the grain de bossed into the metal.

[mygt350]

If memory serves my old butt, I had the panel off years ago and remember the plate constructed of fiberglass or similar material. Definitely not metal. But, I will take magnet out there and see for sure. I could be wrong, but I don't think so. May be able to get better pics of edges.
If someone happened to have a original latch delete made of fiberglass or whatever that stuff is, and would consider parting with it, I would be interested.
Thanks

[Bob Gaines]

If memory serves my old butt, I had the panel off years ago and remember the plate constructed of fiberglass or similar material. Definitely not metal. But, I will take magnet out there and see for sure. I could be wrong, but I don't think so. May be able to get better pics of edges.
If someone happened to have a original latch delete made of fiberglass or whatever that stuff is, and would consider parting with it, I would be interested.
Thanks

The steel ones are thin and the fiberglass ones are thicker. You can tell by looking at the edge profile when installed.

[65Clone]

Thanks for the picture mygt350. So fiberglass and steel were both used. Was there a cutoff date between the two? Did they all 4 rivets, or is the three screws in the one latch a repair of sorts?  Thanks for the replies.

[paul]

I might be wrong but I don't think both metal and non- metal covers were originally used in 65.

[texas swede]

Hi Paul,
Do your cars have metal or non-metal. Checked mine (#275) and it's thin metal.
Texas Swede

[Brant]

The earlier '65s (maybe first two batches) used the fiberglass covers, and then the metal covers described here started being used.

6S162 has the fiberglass one.

[Bob Gaines]

Yes, I guess I was thinking vinyl covered steel. I have heard that the blanks for the delete was sourced from the same material that they made the interior of the door/frame panel from.

The metal panels used in the R models to replace the door panels were the same debossed grain . Coincidence ? I don't think so.