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Posted by HH56 On 2021/3/17 21:41:37
I don't believe Packard used a latch on seatbacks nor did many others at that time best I can remember. I say this because of a 58 Mercury in my fathers stable that also had the problem with the seat falling forward at a quick stop.
Apparently 56 Caribbean seatbacks were worse to the point of getting complaints. Packard did make an effort to provide a latch for those. The 56 Caribbean has a different type seat frame so doubt the approach or same type latch would work on a regular hardtop seat but if mine is any indication the type latch Packard used was not all that successful anyway. The former owner tried to add a different type latch but his implementation also didn't work very well.https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/SC/SC-VOL30NO5.pdf
I don't remember exactly how far the outer hinge is from the seat edge or how much space is available but is there any chance of making a plate that could fit under the decorative covering on the side that would mount some kind of spring loaded plunger affair with a knob extending thru the cover? Something like that might be able to slip into a hole in the outer hinge piece to lock it down? McMaster has several different types and sizes of captive plunger locks.
Again, depending on space available another possibility that would not lock the seat solid but maybe keep it better controlled and probably be entirely hidden under the decorative cover would be a heavy torsion spring. It would probably need a longer hinge pin fabricated to support the spring but maybe doable. McMaster also has a good selection of torsion springs.
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Apparently 56 Caribbean seatbacks were worse to the point of getting complaints. Packard did make an effort to provide a latch for those. The 56 Caribbean has a different type seat frame so doubt the approach or same type latch would work on a regular hardtop seat but if mine is any indication the type latch Packard used was not all that successful anyway. The former owner tried to add a different type latch but his implementation also didn't work very well.https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/SC/SC-VOL30NO5.pdf
I don't remember exactly how far the outer hinge is from the seat edge or how much space is available but is there any chance of making a plate that could fit under the decorative covering on the side that would mount some kind of spring loaded plunger affair with a knob extending thru the cover? Something like that might be able to slip into a hole in the outer hinge piece to lock it down? McMaster has several different types and sizes of captive plunger locks.
Again, depending on space available another possibility that would not lock the seat solid but maybe keep it better controlled and probably be entirely hidden under the decorative cover would be a heavy torsion spring. It would probably need a longer hinge pin fabricated to support the spring but maybe doable. McMaster also has a good selection of torsion springs.
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