'59 Plymouth Forum

Hi guys,
I have a short list of things to sell:

Lugbolts (lefthand)..how many do you need? $1.00/ea

"Plymouth" hood scripts:
Three that could be polished to "like new"
One shiny one that is missing one mounting post under the "h"
Four "Belvedere" quarter panel scripts, all in good shape, no pits
Two passenger-side trunk-to-quarter panel curved stainless pieces...no dents..can be polished to "as new".
One NOS dash finish plate, w/ cut-outs for radio and cigar lighter

Roger, I am in for the Rocker clips, all 15 of them. (how many do you need anyhow for a 59? I have two sets of the long trim mouldings but did not know who to attach them. Maybe Dick Koch (or anyone if you have some pic's) can send me some pictures of his 59 under restoration as far as how these clips attach to the body rockers.

The vinyl I am also interested in too to cover my rear interior convert panels with something. this will go well with the white leather seats I am putting in the car untill I can save up for re-covering my swivel seats someday....


John Q.

I believe it's 4 per side for a total of eight.
You will need to drill 16 3/8" holes in the rocker panels to accept the clips. I will include the factory instructions for installing.
So, the deal is set. You've done well. That's $20 for clips (a $37.50 value), and $75 for vinyl...(cost to me @$35/yd=$90). I'll box them up, figure shipping and get you the final figure, if you agree to this.

Roger, sounds good to me. Let me know what the ground freight is to Colorado, zip code 80005. Do you want me to pay by Pay Pal or by US Postal money order? Cheaper the better. Greyhound is OK if the fabric is in a big roll.

I will even add back in the 3% fee if you choose Pay Pal. I'm just that kinda guy...Either method is fine with me.

thanks!


John Q.

The roll came to me as a 52" tube. I could fold things in half and ship that way...I will look to see what's most affordable.

Folding it flat will keep it from being oversized but tube or flat is fine.

thanks Roger!

John Q.

Denver 59 Fin Convert wrote:Maybe Dick Koch (or anyone if you have some pic's) can send me some pictures of his 59 under restoration as far as how these clips attach to the body rockers.

John Q.

John,

I bought a set from Roger too and these clips are great! I had been trying to find them on line and at Carlisle for a long time before Roger remembered that he had spares. We put them on like in the description but added a small screw as we did not trust the durability of the small lip going through the hole. One of the hardest things in the resto was to put the rocker mouldings on the car though, it took us 4 hours with the three of us to fit them before painting. And when the fresh paint was on it took us a little bit longer to mount them but we managed to do it without scratching

Here are two pics that might be a little help

according to Goers' Catalog #9, he sells the clips (or WILL be selling them soon) for $2.50 each. Item # 497, page 32.

Ron, it appears from the the photo that you slid the trim onto the clips from the front. I have put these on cars many times by hanging the piece in place on the top of each clip and snapping it onto the bottom part of the clip. Do the snapping one at a time by pushing in and down.

I mount the clips per directions but put a screw in the center like was mentioned.

Tom

rogerh wrote:according to Goers' Catalog #9, he sells the clips (or WILL be selling them soon) for $2.50 each. Item # 497, page 32.

When I asked Gary for the clips he wrote they were discontinued and he had none left Maybe he started making them again.

Ron

tomf wrote:Ron, it appears from the the photo that you slid the trim onto the clips from the front. I have put these on cars many times by hanging the piece in place on the top of each clip and snapping it onto the bottom part of the clip. Do the snapping one at a time by pushing in and down.

I mount the clips per directions but put a screw in the center like was mentioned.

Tom

We tried snapping the trim on but it was impossible, maybe we are not skilled enough We found the right way with the screw in the center though

Ron

Thanks for the update, Ron. Guess he made a short run of them, and now they're gone.
Even better deal for Mr Quinn!

All wonderful news on how to install and what these clips looked like that I am getting (or soon get) from Roger. Tom Fox's way of installing these mouldings is how they did it on the assembly line in the mid 70's (summer college temp job) at the Lynch Road Plant (the old Plymouth plant) on the 1976 models with rocker trim. Kinda of a twist and a bend a voila' they were on. I will anchor with a set screw also since this will make sense for security of the moulding strip.

One that I will try but if not Ron's way will work too as long as I gather up a couple of my local Mopar friends for an afternoon in the garage installing these!

The floor boards that I had cut out of a local 59 SF had these holes in the section of the rockers that came with it. But no mouldings on it. Now it all comes together why those holes were there.

thanks to all for this great info!

John Q.

Hi Roger I'm interested in the hood script. Ideally the nos one of course. Could you give me a hint of what one might go down the road for?? Also perhaps the shiny one lacking the post as an alternate. Thanks

Steve,
I will send you an email