<VV> Body Trim Clips

[John Sweet]

You must not of checked with all of the vendors as I have 8 NOS Beltline 
clips in stock at the present time.  They are the push in type.  They are 
$30 plus shipping.
John Sweet
John's Corvair Parts
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris & Bill Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Body Trim Clips


>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
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