At 03:41 PM 4/11/96 -0400, you wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Robert J Donahue/DELCO wrote:
>
>> I see in the catalogs something called a tonneau cover bar that
>> goes across the back of the seats near the top. My car does not
>> have this part. Is this bar a structural part of the seats, or just some
>> accessory to go with a tonneau cover?
>
>It isn't structural, but it is original on the TA through TD. These cars
>came with a half-tonneau cover, not the full cover most of us prefer
>today. The bar supported the front of the cover to keep it looking neat.
>Elastic straps snapped to the seat back below the bar kept the cover
>taught.
THESE WERE ALSO CALLED "BLANKET BARS", TO HOLD THE NICE WOOLEN PLAID WRAPS
THAT OUR SPOUSES DEMAND WHEN WE TOUR IN COOLER WEATHER.
TIM IN DALLAS '71 B '55 TF
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