<VV> Body Trim Clips

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

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 reasonabole 
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