Re: 69 Dart GTS tail panel clips
[Re: mopfried]
#1511484
10/08/13 10:39 AM
10/08/13 10:39 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 43,627 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy
Rhinodart
Rhinotruck
|
Rhinotruck
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 43,627
Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy
|
I have not found but a couple of the clips at this point. I did check two trunk lids and recorded the measurements, but of course it is more complicated to explain than I thought. I started from the left top corner and measured to the right. They are 1/4" holes and the first one starts 5/8" from the edge and 1-1/2" down. The next one down is 4-7/8". The top row from the first hole is 4-5/8", 9-3/4", 9-3/4", 9-3/4" and the last hole is also 5/8" from the top right edge with the hole below it at 4-7/8". The bottom row holes from the left bottom hole is 9-1/4", 7-3/4", 10-3/4", 7-3/4", and 7-3/4". Of course you can approximate and check the hole spacing by turning your panel over and reversing the dimensions. Not to worry, I was a Mechanical Designer in a previous lifetime and double-checked my findings. ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif) I will see if I can dig-up more of the clips. ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif)
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
JB Rhinehart, Realist
A-Body's RULE!
|
|
|
Re: 69 Dart GTS tail panel clips
[Re: Rhinodart]
#1511485
10/08/13 01:29 PM
10/08/13 01:29 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 738 Columbus Ohio
mopfried
OP
super stock
|
OP
super stock
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 738
Columbus Ohio
|
Thanks for the info.... I have worked in the metal working industry for over 30 years... enough to know that Mechanical Designer in a previous lifetime and double-checked my findings. Don't give me a lot of assurance!! lol just having fun... Really thanks a lot for that info. Let me know if you find some more clips. I did look at FOR A BODIES ONLY and found a link for some for a barracuda they say will work. I don't even know what the correct ones look like... ![](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shruggy.gif) Heres the link. http://www.buymetroparts.com/item/a-body/plymouth-rear-finish-panel-att/lid=18080013
|
|
|
Re: 69 Dart GTS tail panel clips
[Re: Rhinodart]
#1511490
10/09/13 06:12 AM
10/09/13 06:12 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX
kentj340
top fuel
|
top fuel
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,655
Cut and Shoot, TX
|
Original 69 Barracuda clips: 14 pieces #10-24 x 7/16. Pea soup green color, maybe an epoxy paint? Came from the factory with 6 stamped sheet metal nuts on one side and 8 Huglok nuts with an internal nylon ring on the other side. The stamped sheet metal nuts are the same as part B-12980 on page 69 here: http://www.amkproducts.com/Catalog_PDF/56-73.pdf The holes in the trunk are notorious for water entry and trunk lid rusting. A formed donut of rope caulk in the depression of the sheet metal nuts will help make a seal.
If you don't see two dolphins, you need a vacation.
|
|
|
Re: 69 Dart GTS tail panel clips
[Re: Rhinodart]
#1511492
10/09/13 09:06 PM
10/09/13 09:06 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX
kentj340
top fuel
|
top fuel
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,655
Cut and Shoot, TX
|
Cool. I'll bet my Barracuda shoulda been like that but was obviously assembled on a Monday morning.
Not only that, but the factory didn't drill, didn't attach the "340-S" emblems to my front fenders. Took me quite a long time to find out they should have been there - nearly 40 years.
If you don't see two dolphins, you need a vacation.
|
|
|
Re: 69 Dart GTS tail panel clips
[Re: Rhinodart]
#1511494
10/10/13 01:36 AM
10/10/13 01:36 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX
kentj340
top fuel
|
top fuel
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,655
Cut and Shoot, TX
|
Yep, I ordered the car with A53, and it's on my fender tag and window sticker, and I paid $132.00 for it ($186.30 MSRP).
The "HIGH PERF. ENG./340 CID/, DUAL EXHAUSTS & CHROME EXH. TIPS, H.D. SUSP. PKG., FIRM RIDE SHOCK ABS., RED STREAK TIRES, FORMULA S MEDALLION, ENGINE PLAQUE, RADIATOR GRILLE-BLACK, HD. WHEELS, REAR DECK APPLIQUE-BLACK." are all there (except I ordered white streak tires), but no front fender emblems, which were not listed in this A53 description. The 69 sales brochure only said, "...and Formula "S" body trim." So I never knew the emblems were missing until I started recently to restore the car and found out the emblems were for sale.
If you don't see two dolphins, you need a vacation.
|
|
|
|
|