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, John, I haven't looked at RS yet, but just downloaded their catalog and will make a list before I give them a call. There are several other clips and bits I need to get, so I might as well get them all at once if I can.
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What was the verdict on this? I need some of these too, except for the trim which goes on top of the cowl *EDIT* and the catalogs aren't really clear on sizing (to John's point above).
Unfortunately, no resolution yet. I haven't called RS to investigate this further and have been somewhat sidelined with an unplanned engine swap in the Fury.
With that said, I did come up with something that could be a temp fix or work-around for the end clips. I have some modern panel fasteners that are the nylon wide-head push-in things that all new cars use. If the head is wide enough, I found that I can trim it on two sides to be a snug fit in the channel of the trim piece. As long as the barbed end is relatively tight in the hole in the panel, you can just push those in and they will hold the trim in place pretty well. May not be a permanent fix, but will do in a pinch.
Hopefully I'll have my back-up engine installed by the end of the year and can get back after the trim project.
