Interior question

What is the piece of plastic called that is below the rear side window and next to the seat where the window crank is?

 

If you are talking about the vertical piece “beading” that is at the rear opening for the door, we always called that pinch welt.

That is a molded piece on the 70-72 cars.
Duane

 

Its actually the molded arm rest plastic. As you can see mine is cracked

 

The part that is cracked is plastic.

 

The chevelles are plastic.. no kidding. No wonder they are so cheap!

 

After looking at the seat/armrest picture I can see this is a 70 Chevelle Coupe.

Why didn't you post that in the beginning so we could answer your question and help you?
Duane

 

My bad, sorry for the limited info as I thought they were all the same!
Merry Christmas

 

I have no problem with him owning a Chevelle, I have a 70 Chevelle Convertible we are doing up as an SS look-a-like. If people here have a problem with me owning a Chevelle, that’s their problem not mine.

It’s simply a lot easier to give correct responses to someone you are trying to help if you are given some info. That’s why the responses were it was steel wrapped with vinyl, because that is the way the Buicks are, and on a Buick site everyone here was going to assume it was a Buick unless stated otherwise.
Duane

PS,
If it wasn’t for the Chevelles being as popular as they are, we wouldn’t have half the restoration parts available that we have now.

Just think about that for a while.

 

Larry,
My point is simply this, I don’t see the need for Steve to feel obligated in not letting us know he is working on a Chevy.

If there is a problem with doing that, on this site, then there are a lot of “small minded” people here.

I thought this was an “inclusive” crowd and not an exclusive one.

Just the other day I helped a newbie get the pulleys straight on his car. He was looking at putting power steering on the car and had a mismatch of pulleys-power steering pieces and nothing was lining up. I gave him all the info he needed and he was off and running. Did I give him any grief that his Buick 455 was installed in a Pontiac, NO, the thought never crossed my mind. I was simply trying to help a fellow enthusiast out.

At this point we should all be happy to try to help each other out with keeping everything running.
Duane

 

I never realized the Chevelle part was hard plastic as opposed to the padded vinyl on the Buick cars. Learn sumpin new all the time on this site.

 

On a 70-72 Chevelle Coupe the rear armrests are plastic and the ash trays clip directly into them. The Chevelle convertible armrests are the same as what you see on the Buicks, as a matter of fact ALL the convertible armrest pieces are the same regardless of what brand the car is.


Yeah,
There are lots of differences between the interiors of A-body Chevies, Oldsmobiles, Buicks, and Pontiacs.

Chevies and Pontiacs usually have “Standard” interiors, while the Buicks and Oldsmobiles usually have deluxe interiors. So they have different trim on the bench seats, etc. then the majority of the B&O cars, although they can also come in standard interiors. The armrests (and bolts) and lighting packages are also different. (The armrest bolts are longer on the deluxe interiors due to the added thickness of the chromed plastic piece behind the armrest bases.)

Also the convertible rear seat frames changed for the 71 model year, because they changed how they mount to the shell. You can make the seat covers work if you switch the 68-70 seat frames to the 71-72 style, and vice versa, but it’s not pretty, and you have to drill new mounting holes.

That’s why it’s important to let people know what you have regarding interior questions.

You should have seen me trying to figure everything out back in the day.
Duane