The New Project: Part Deux!

[njsteve]

BTW, I tried out my new A/C oil spray deflector shroud on the trip today. It worked great. I got tired of the oil spray on the underside of my hood and inner fender from the A6 A/C compressor. Any one who has a GM A/C car knows exactly what I am talking about. The front seal is a terrible design and no matter how many seals you replace or how many compressors you swap out, they all still spray that line of oil all over your engine compartment.

It took me about an hour to make. I used some extra sheetmetal left over from the old trunk drop-off. I bent it to fit and then riveted two pieces of ABS plastic to the ends like mudflaps. I cut out two slots that align with the existing two upper mounting bolts that bolt the compressor to the bracket. All I have to do is loosen the two bolts a couple turns, slide the shroud between the bolt shoulder and the bracket and then tighten with a 7/16 socket on an extension. Once I get to the show I can easily remove it and look all stock and original again. And the best part is that there was no oil on the underside of the hood or the inner fender. It looks like an invention from Baron Von Franken-shroud but it works great!

[Xplantdad]

I need one of those [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

I just got a heads up from the Performance Years site. The car took first place in its class (which I can only imagine is the 25 footer, and beyond, paint class).

That was quite the shock! I guess the paint looks so bad, people think it is original. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

Here's a couple shots someone took at the show and posted in the event album on PY:

You can even see the textured &quot;gravel guard&quot; that was applied back in the early 1980s - look at the lower 8 inches of the front fender.

[njsteve]

Today's question involves the factory trim clips for the body side moldings. These are the moldings that run along the middle of the fender, door and quarter to deflect other car doors.

I was lucky enough to pick up an NOS fender piece off ebay and it actually had the factory clips in the package! Now I need to find some duplicates for the rest of the car since someone, along the way replaced them with push in plastic clips that don't hold the trim securely enough against the body.

Here's some close ups of the NOS factory clip:









The shiny gold clip is close but not close enough to work properly. When mounted into the back of the trim piece, you can see that because the retaining wire is not mounted in the same spot, it moves the stud off of center where it needs to be to mount correctly on the car:





Does anyone have an idea of where I can get some more of the correct clips?