Front Seat Removal / Bumper Removal

[edrendek7777]

Hello can anyone point me in the right direction as to how remove a front seat in a 1950 Plymouth 4 door?  Also want to remove the front and rear bumper. Just wondering if there are any tricky parts or if it is pretty straight forward. Thanks in advance. 

 

[desoto1939]

on my 39 desoto on the front seat I just  lift up on the bottom seat section and the entire bottom portion of the seat cushion comes out as a unit.  The you will see the two rails that the entire unit move on a right and a left rail. These bolt to the floor. Unscrew the four bolts for each rail and the entire back cushion and the frame of the seat can be removed from the car.

 

The bumper bolts for the bumper have a nut on the inside of the bumper. Crawl under the front or rear bumper and look to see if the bolts come thru the bumper. Unbolt the bolts and the bumper should come off the car.

 

Rich HArtung

[JerseyHarold]

The bumper brackets are held by two nuts/bolts on each side.  Remove the two forward bolts on each side and the bumper should pivot down from the rear bolts.  Makes it easier to remove and install.

[Eneto-55]

If there is a filler panel between the bumper & the bottom of the grill, check to see if it is bolted to the grill frame.  (On the P15, that panel is fastened to both the bumper horns and  to the grill frame.)

 

[Hickory]

I also took a new nut and ran that on and off to clean the threads before I tried to take the bumper off to make it easier

[edrendek7777]

Got the seat out no issue. But man the bumper nuts are crazy stuck. Going to spray the heck out of the bolts with some PB blaster and hope that does the trick. Same deal with the nuts holding the front grill chrome in. Hoping PB blaster will do the trick on that as well. Anyone use something other than PB?  Plain WD40?  

[JerseyHarold]

Try wire-brushing the bolt threads if you can reach them then spray PB again.

[RobertKB]

Try using some heat. I used a small hand-held propane torch. Get the nuts as hot as possible. I usually do this after soaking in PB Blaster and giving the sides of the nuts a good pounding with a hammer to help loosen the rust. Repeat as necessary.

 

Bumper bracket bolts tend to be some of the toughest to loosen as they are in a place where they see a lot of road grime and are also fine thread!