72 TA : New Project - Page 78

**njsteve** · #**771** 07-10-2009, 03:04 AM

You either love them or hate them.

I'd only use them for driving around, that's why I dont want to drill any holes to permanently mount them. These cars have such an horrendous design when it comes to vulnerability to flying gravel, road debris, etc. - especially those rear flares.

Anyway, I like my paint a lot more than I care about my reputation as a cool dude.

I know they look cheesy but they are 1972 vintage cheesy and very rare GM original pieces. Those clamps were the least damaging think I could think of to temporarily mount them.

Verne do you have a photo or link of the contraptions your talking about?

Jeff H · #**772** 07-10-2009, 07:34 AM

I think the car really needs those Yosemite Sam mud flaps to be period correct!

**njsteve** · #**773** 07-10-2009, 03:23 PM

Dont tempt me. I do still have my "Keep On Truckin" floor mats from my 74 Chevy, still in the garage. I think it's high time I got them thar high fallutin suckers out.

Verne_Frantz · #**774** 07-10-2009, 05:07 PM

Sorry, no photo. Leaving for York soon. They're about 1/2" long, 1/8" diameter with about a 5/16" dia pan head. They're a little fatter on the end so when you pop them in the hole they tend to stay put. IF you put a daub of body seam sealer or rtv on the hole, that should keep moisture out of the hole. Restoration Specialties in Windber, Pa carries them.

Verne

**dinograz** · #**775** 07-11-2009, 02:23 AM

How about using binder clips..

http://www.abilityonecatalog.com/img...02855995gp.jpg

**njsteve** · #**776** 07-11-2009, 05:22 AM

Not nearly enough tension with those binder clips. I have a set of old clear plexiglass mudflaps from my dad's old 67 427 Vette. They have these funky little temporary clips that are shaped like a ram's horn. I'm going to see if they will work on these.

**Xplantdad** · #**777** 07-11-2009, 06:38 AM

Velcro 'em on...

Ask Charley...Velcro works!

VintageMusclecar · #**778** 07-11-2009, 06:08 PM

What about double-sided sticky tape, such as what's used to hold on various forms of side trim & moldings?

**njsteve** · #**779** 07-11-2009, 08:13 PM

I'm trying to make it the most temporary mounting as possible - just when I go for a drive, and can pull them of when I get to the show. The two sided tape will pull off the paint. I'm looking for less obtrusive ways to clamp/hold them in place in the back. At least in the front there are a couple factory bolt holes that can be used.

**KevinW** · #**780** 07-12-2009, 03:04 AM

flexible magnets?

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