Wood

[FATnLOW]

cocobolo....Thanks for the photos and measurements, appreciate the effort  you put forth in posting all the good information, gives me a lot information and a direction to go  again Thanks a bunch...FATnLOW

[cocobolo]

cocobolo....Thanks for the photos and measurements, appreciate the effort  you put forth in posting all the good information, gives me a lot information and a direction to go  again Thanks a bunch...FATnLOW

More to come, I have the proper dimensions you need now for the main crosspiece right below the window...coming right up.

[cocobolo]

Had I been bright enough to read the several manuals that I have downloaded and actually printed...I could have saved myself some time...but nooooo

Here's a pic of where the vertical seat support wood attaches.  So naturally I unscrewed it.  Next pic is of the rivets and I had no idea why Chevy needed rivets there, so out they came.

I should have known that Chevy had a good reason, and sure as heck it was to hold on the seat latches.  Didn't need to take them off after all!  When all else fails...

[cocobolo]

So finally, we come to what you really need!!! 

Showing this so you can see what they did at the corner of the window.

Then a purely gratuitous pic, followed by a decent overall shot of all the wood in the back.

[cocobolo]

This is the dimension right across the wood below the window.  Thought I had better show where the tape was hooked on as well.

[cocobolo]

You'll note that Chevy actually stuck two pieces of wood together below the window.  So if you look carefully at the pics, you will see that the lower piece is only about 1 5/16" high.  I couldn't get a pic of the measurement of the thickness of that piece, but it is also about 1 5/16"...so I'm guessing that they just used some square stock for that part.  At least that makes sense to me.
Now, as for the curve in the bottom of the window, that seat wood that I removed is an exact fit when pushed up against the window.
Now my metal fabbing skills are nowhere near what yours must be, but if this will help I have a suggestion on what you might do. If you were to find some metal tubing that was (or close to) 1 5/16" square, you could add a piece of wood on top of the tubing and shape that.  For me anyway, that would be easier than trying to shape metal.  But like I say, I'm the farthest thing from a metal worker.

[cocobolo]

It seems to me that I have seen the metal that goes below the window extended right around to the doors, so here's a bit on the dimensions there.

The wood below the window is finger jointed to the next piece, which goes to the middle of the curve in the body and then another finger joint connects it to the window jamb piece.

The wood where it joins the window section starts out at 1 1/2" wide and expands to 2", then the next piece goes from 2" to about 2 1/4"...but I seem to have a chunk missing from the back side of both my corner pieces so I'm not dead certain about that last number. I think you could get that right off your body.

If you need anything else, just ask.

[FATnLOW]

  Cocobolo.....would you do a guy  in need of a favor??...need photo of this shot down to the floor please

[cocobolo]

Certainly will do that for you. If you need any specific measurements, ask away.  This will just take a very few minutes.

[cocobolo]

Hope this helps.  My rear seat wood is out, so if you need measurements from that I can get them for you.