clair.davis
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I'm cleaning up the tail end of my 68 Sport Fury, and that includes replacing the thin anodized aluminum trim pieces that surround the tail lights and ride on the top and bottom of the trunk lid:
68_Sport_Fury_V-45-05 by clair_davis, on Flickr
These pieces area literally beaten flat in places, and the corners were missing when I got the car, so I'm going to install a decent driver set of surrounds and a tail panel that I restored with the red stripes between the lights. The tail panel should go on OK, as all the fasteners came off in good shape. However, the surrounds are going to need some help. The nuts on the end pieces had rusted to the studs, so the studs would just spin in the rubber clip bodies. I need to find replacements for the end pieces, and while I'm at it, probably replace the little spring clips, too. Where can I source these things? I've been looking through Classic Industries and Clipsandfasteners.com, but haven't spotted what looks right. For reference, I'm looking for the fasteners on the far left & right here:
2017-03-26_Trunk_Trim-01 by clair_davis, on Flickr
Seems like there were other sources for fasteners a few years ago, and I just haven't been in the game for a while and can't remember who the big players were. Any better sources would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Clair
68_Sport_Fury_V-45-05 by clair_davis, on Flickr
These pieces area literally beaten flat in places, and the corners were missing when I got the car, so I'm going to install a decent driver set of surrounds and a tail panel that I restored with the red stripes between the lights. The tail panel should go on OK, as all the fasteners came off in good shape. However, the surrounds are going to need some help. The nuts on the end pieces had rusted to the studs, so the studs would just spin in the rubber clip bodies. I need to find replacements for the end pieces, and while I'm at it, probably replace the little spring clips, too. Where can I source these things? I've been looking through Classic Industries and Clipsandfasteners.com, but haven't spotted what looks right. For reference, I'm looking for the fasteners on the far left & right here:
2017-03-26_Trunk_Trim-01 by clair_davis, on Flickr
Seems like there were other sources for fasteners a few years ago, and I just haven't been in the game for a while and can't remember who the big players were. Any better sources would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Clair