Category: Exterior Body and Trim

R body wipers

 PursuitSpecial  March 7, 2024
I’d really like to get the wipers working on my Gran Fury so I can drive it without worrying about the weather, but the wiper blades are some obscure trico thing that I don’t think can be easily replaced. It looks like it requires inserts. I’ve got some inserts for it but they’re old and probably not the best, I’d rather convert it to a more readily available set where the whole arm is replaced. The linkage is also messed up, someone took the linkage off of the motor and didn’t put it back…

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Shade Tree auto body

 MY3033  November 15, 2023

The 76 aspen coupe I’ve talked about on here, much like every F-body, has rust. The critical parts on my coupe are solid. I need to fix my rust hole in my c pillar, do a few patches in the lower quarters, dog leg on my driver fender, tops of both fende…

Windshield wiper arm interchange question

 Mopardan  November 5, 2023

The spring broke on the passenger side windshield wiper arm, would an ’88 Plymouth Horizon wiper arm work?

Stainless Steel Sill (Rocker), Panels

 Fresh Air Inspector  October 23, 2023

Hello All,
My 1988 M body (4 door), has SS moulding covering the sills. These appear to be held on by some type of spring clip. On my car the upper edge is loose for more then half its length. I’m hesitant to remove the trim for fear of damaging the cl…

Trim clips/Ram Charger

 Jttexas  October 12, 2023

I have an 86 Dodge Ram Charger and looking for the trim clips for the rear quarter window trim. I found #6003916 but looking for the #6003753
The 1984 is a Plastic clip with part number 3003753 on it.
The 1991 is a Metal clip and looks to be either pa…

Nose swaps

 AMC Diplomat  September 27, 2023
10/10 would not do again. There’s a ton of fitment issues. 40 year old parts don’t play nice with each other.

But at least that stupid Fifth Avenue nose is gone20230927_150513.jpg20220910_152628.jpg

The whole time I was doing this, I kept thinking of this scene:

What is this type of stud/screw/bolt called?

 AMC Diplomat  September 21, 2023

Attaching the header panel to the fender is a stud that is a screw on one side that goes into the fiberglass and a threaded bolt on the other which goes into the fender. The sides are separated by a flat shoulder

I have to source a replacement for all…