<VV> 60 stainless belt trim

[Bill & Chris Strickland]

Since I wrote the below, I seem to recall that I found the replacement 
clips for the similar trim on the (old) VW Beetle will also work for the 
push in ones -- nothing for they screw in ones for the front and rear 
trim and the rear of the side pieces.

Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:17:35 -0700
/>/ From: Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at xxxyz.net 
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/>/ Subject: Re: <VV> Body Trim Clips
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/>/ I was checking on these clips earlier this year for my 1960 700, and
/>/ although I've looked up the GM numbers, it didn't do me any good.   They
/>/ are simply out of production, including vendors.  See my post from  June
/>/ 2nd on this forum, and note the overwhelming response <grin>.  Maybe
/>/ Clark's is listening?
/>/
/>/ I found 1 (one) NOS push in one out at Corvair Underground by
/>/ personally looking under all the rocks.  I think for the push in 
type, there
/>/ are some plastic ones in the Auveco catalog that will work, but they 
are
/>/ not a perfect substitute.
/>/
/>/ The screw in ones, well, see Richard Widmark's (the Bolivian oil guy)
/>/ website on the restoration of his 1960 -- check out the part for
/>/ restoring the stainless trim where he shows the clips, or a  reasonable
/>/ facsilime of them, being made.  Making them is probably the order 
of  the
/>/ day -- I'd probably think about copper tube and soldering on a  brass
/>/ nut -- seems welded ones like Richard's would corrode too quickly and
/>/ you'd be back to square one -- maybe his were brazed ...
/>/
/>/ I was looking for holes (mentioned in a previous post) in the photo I
/>/ got, but all I saw was a great looking young group of Future Corvair
/>/ Owners -- looked sorta like a club, like Future Farmers (FFA).  
Nice  car
/>/ in the background <grin>.
/>/
/>/ Bill Strickland
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