Oops,
Jack is quite correct. On the later cars the nuts to mount the insulating
panels are welded outside the car in the engine bay, etc. The screws pass
through the big flat washers, through the insulating pads and into the
welded nuts. The large square spacers have holes large enough to go over the
nuts.
On later cars on the under side of the car there are 1/4" threaded studs
that mount the insulating plate on the left side of the car. The plate with
it's 6 square spacers fit onto these studs and the flat washers with
locknuts secure it in place.
Pictures att'd of a BJ8 courtesy of Mark Norris. Note Mark's angled toeboard
panel has yet to be fitted, but shows the welded nuts in position.
I should also mention that the original flat washers are about 1/8" thick
whereas the new ones I've seen supplied in the kits are only about 1/16"
thick. I always try to have the originals replated in clear zinc and use
them again, especially in the most visible areas.
Rich Chrysler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ph.J.Aeckerlin" <j.aeckerlin@tiscali.nl>
To: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: Was :Scuttle Seals
> Rich, with all respect for your knowledge: on my BJ8 the weld nuts for the
> panels are located in the engine bay. I was even under the impression that
> the large square 'washers' were meant to compensate for the thickness of
> the nut. And while I'm on it: do all panels have these square washers, or
> are they only used on a few? At this very moment I'm attempting to cut new
> panels out of 3/8" thick insulating board, the thinnest material available
> in this country, and making the washers is a hell of a job...
> Thanks and regards
> Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
> 1964 BJ8 29432
>
> Rich C wrote:
>
>> Ned,
>> The insulating material is available from most of the usual suppliers. It
>> is a modern day hardboard substitiute for what was originally asbestos
>> insulating panels. These panels come today in a kit complete with the
>> large flat washers, 10-32 screws, locks and nuts.
>> On the Hundred the screw heads are on the inside of the car with the nuts
>> on the outside. Later production had nuts prewelded to the inside of the
>> car with the screw heads on the outside,and the threads passing through
>> into them.
>> They are not pop riveted.
>> Rich Chrysler
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