What is this thing?
 

Hi guys,

As some of you know, the '63 Tempest that I bought this past summer was a disassembled body with just enough suspension on it to allow it to roll. The rest of the pieces of car are in about a dozen boxes of parts, along with extra doors, fenders, engines, etc.

In what will likely be the first of many "what is this thing?" threads, attached is a picture of a piece that was included in one of those boxes and which I cannot identify. What is this thing and where is it supposed to go?

Not sure but it looks like the cover for the rear seat window mechanism. Here is a similar part on a 70 Lemans convertible.

I also think it could be a cover for the inner door or body pannel. It may be time to call PY and order a shop manual and a body manual. The originals and new copies of the originals have some very good exploded views of parts like that.

yep its the rear seat piece that covers the window mechanism. saw your pics, lookin good. Dan

Thanks for the responses guys. I guess that would explain why there were two of them in the box!

The boxes contain a number of duplicate parts from a parts donor car, so here I was thinking the second one was from a second car.

Sounds like you have a big jigsaw puzzle to put together!

It is!