Re: Ramcharger resto, clips, screws, rivits etc.
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#69243
06/07/08 09:17 PM
06/07/08 09:17 PM
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Quikshft
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Guys, here's a picture of a friends car. It's nearly a twin to mine. You can see there are screws holding the airbox to the hood. There are rectangular slots to slide a clip (just happens to be the same thing as the ones holding the seal to the airbox) into the hood to provide threads for a screw...no rivits. The rivits I need are the ones that hold the two outside sections of the airbox together, there's a bunch of them spaced around the outside of the two halves, my airbox has a large crack in it and the only way to fix it right as far as I could see was to remove the rivits and take it apart so I could work on the inside as well as the outside. The metal rod in the flapper door was bent, I think someone stepped on this thing once upon a time. I kept all the screws that were holding the airbox to the hood when I dis-assembled years ago. It is a mixed bag for sure but there are about 4 I think might be right, coarse threads with a washer captured, I need about 18 of them and I'm sure the holes aren't made for rivits. Thanks for any help.
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Re: Ramcharger resto, clips, screws, rivits etc.
[Re: Quikshft]
#69247
06/08/08 09:21 AM
06/08/08 09:21 AM
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JohnRR
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it appears it took one model year for the factory to figure the STUPIDITY of riveting the air boxes to the hood . i didn't know they changed it in 70 , sorry for the misinforamtion . jeff , is there someone repopping the air boxes ? if so contact them and ask about the rivets you need ? they are out there but a resto supplier is not goingto be your source , maybe contact resto rick , he might be able to help you out . also maybe if you change the title and add HOOD after ramcharger , when i first saw the thread i thought it was about 80's ramcharger trucks
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