At 03:27 PM 3/31/97 -0500, Bill Yarborough wrote:
> I am in the final (yeah, right!) stages of a 4-year ground up
> restoration of my 1961 +4....'
>
> Now I'm ready to attach the rear panel to the wood along the back
> and the firewall to the wood at the front. My question is, what is
> the best/right fastener to use here? There are no holes yet in the
> edge of the firewall or the rear panel, and I plan to use a punch
> to make them neatly rather than drilling them. When I disammbled
> this car in the spring of 1993, these locations were attached with
> a variety of screws of different materials and sizes and tacks.
> I'm leaning toward brass screws, but there must be a good reason why
> that's not what was used before. Advice??!!
Bill,
Don't know why the factory used nail [ecusion pins - (sp)]. I think
that they were very cheap and easily installed. However, they are
a real pain to get out. So if you ever need to take the rear deck
off, you'd like it to be fairly easy. When I restored my car I used
the smallest screws I could find instead of the nails.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
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