<VV> VV Posts -- Lakewood tech question

[shortle]

Hi Bill,
My '62 Monza Wagon has chrome plated phillips headed screws about 1 inch long holding my engine lid as well as both side covers. These are all sheet metal screws with flat washers built on. They all screw into "blind nuts". Sorry it takes so long to get back to you on this but we spent last week (Spring break) from San Francisco down to LA on a little mini vacation before driving my Monza Wagon back to Colorado from Chino California. And I am glad to report it was not much of an adventure.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado


-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Mar 13, 2011 11:10 PM
>To: shortle <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
>Cc: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> VV Posts -- Lakewood tech question
>
>shortle wrote:
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>>My '62 Monza Wagon has large chrome headed phillips sheet metal screws .
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>>>From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
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>>>You asked this a while ago, but I didn't get a chance to look at all until yesterday.  On the '61 shell, there are the little clips with machine thread nuts on the back.  I'm pretty sure the screws are similar to the ones that hold the battery cover, a chrome button head, but I don't know what sort of drive they are (Phillips, slotted, etc.)
>>>
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>Courtesy of my really wonky internet, I get around to a reply -- I did 
>find about four of the Phillips head of the right size, only to realize 
>that is what is holding the trans cover on this car (it had been covered 
>up by a blanket until today).
>
>But they are only about 3/4" long -- the two slotted screws I have are 
>about 1" long, and that length is necessary to reach the clip nut on the 
>front of the two side covers.  These clips are all of the type for sheet 
>metal screws, except the four across the back of the engine cover have 
>threaded nuts on them -- however, the screws seem to fit into the nuts 
>quite well, like they are made for them.
>
>Comments?
>
>Bill Strickland