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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2024-02-08 10:57 AM (#633691)
Subject: Are convertible top frame bolts available new?



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Location: Netherlands		Anyone know if convertible top-frame (hinge) bolts are available somewhere as a complete kit?
This is for a '58 Plymouth convertible, thanks!

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56D500boy
Posted 2024-02-08 11:37 AM (#633693 - in reply to #633691)
Subject: RE: Are convertible top frame bolts available new?



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Location: Lower Mainland BC		I can understand why you would want a complete kit because otherwise there is a nightmare of parts and part numbers to figure out. Might be easier to find a donor/parts car assembly to rob from.

Hope a kit exists for you.



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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2024-02-08 11:56 AM (#633694 - in reply to #633691)
Subject: Re: Are convertible top frame bolts available new?



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Location: Netherlands		Thanks for the partslist Dave. That's helpful already.
We're talking convertible FWLKers here... And 'here' is The Netherlands in my case, so I would have more luck finding hen's teeth...
A donor in the US might a solution, but I doubt if someone would want to separate a somewhat useful top frame...

Some of the bolts on my car are stripped and some have just been replaced with a metric-'close enough' version... which results in a sloppy mess.

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Powerflite
Posted 2024-02-08 1:23 PM (#633695 - in reply to #633691)
Subject: Re: Are convertible top frame bolts available new?



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Location: So. Cal		No one is going to make a "kit" for you. Forwardlooks are rare enough, let alone forwardlook convertibles. If you made a kit, you would sell about 2 of them. You need to take each bolt out and figure out the specs for each one. McMaster.com is a great place to get such specialty bolts.
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56D500boy
Posted 2024-02-08 1:48 PM (#633696 - in reply to #633694)
Subject: Re: Are convertible top frame bolts available new?



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Not sure what access there is for non-Metric bolts in the Netherlands but there must be a firm or two in the UK that might have what you
will need (once you figure out what that is).

Here is a better image/list of the bolt possibilities:





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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2024-02-08 2:31 PM (#633699 - in reply to #633694)
Subject: Re: Are convertible top frame bolts available new?



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Location: Netherlands		UNC/UNF-bolts are available here, but spec'cing them can be tedious.
'specially the non-common bolts with shoulder and/or sunken heads.

But I should be able to find a number of the bolts with the above manual page I would think.
Thanks!
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sermey
Posted 2024-02-09 1:05 PM (#633707 - in reply to #633691)
Subject: RE: Are convertible top frame bolts available new?


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As already shown, now 15 years ago (!):

Simply use stainless metric bolts and Nylon bushings. Smooth, noiseless operation and no need of lubrication.  - SERGE -  



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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2024-02-09 7:13 PM (#633713 - in reply to #633707)
Subject: Re: Are convertible top frame bolts available new?



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Location: Netherlands		Good work as usual Sermey.
I already have a mixed combination of metric and UNC bolts in the top frame. Would've liked to get it all UNC/UNF again.
Did some poking around at the extensive McMaster-Carr website but lost in the forrest of bolts and options there. Could not locate similar replacement bolts as easy, so the normal bolts with bushings also crossed my mind.
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