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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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.
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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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.
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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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.
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:
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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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.