Paul:
Don't bother using a die on the posts - just use standard 'speed-nuts'
like I have done. Just ask for them at your local bodywork supply store.
An alternative is to just run a coarse-thread nut over the posts since
the post material is quite soft - a die isn't really needed but can be
used if you want some extra work.
Dave Q.
'52 Chevy 1314
>From Paul O'Neil:
>I got to thinking last night that most of the old ADs I have seen around SoCal
>are missing the hood side trim that proclaims to the world that this truck is
>a Chevy. As if anybody could anybody seriously confuse it with
a Dodge of Ford!<
>Some months ago I received a pair of repop Chevy medallions and I got them out
>last night for inspection. The fasteners, a couple of cast metal posts that
>stick out are intended to be used with a couple of slide-on one
way clips making removal without destruction close to impossible.<
>It would seem likely that at repaint time, the trim may have been popped off
>with a screwdriver breaking the posts off and rendering the original trim
>unusable. I'll bet most owners, given the choice off searching for the
>seemingly unavailable parts, said forget it and the truck soldiered on, sans
>trim.<
>A question for those who have some basic machinist's savvy. I have been
>thinking of running a die over the posts to thread them for a nut so the trim
>pieces can be removed easily in future. How do I judge what size die to use? I
>think a number 12 might work, but it might be a 10. What say you?<
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