Phil Peters
11-27-2012, 10:39 AM
Hi all,
I've posted this in "historical", but it may not be the correct place; moderators please feel free to move it.
I've posted a similar thread on one or two of the other forums but I'm hoping to get a wide census of opinion on this one. I'm hoping someone can help with a question about the fasteners for the washer bottle canopy, part number 15 on this diagram:
http://store.delorean.com/images/Category/large/3-6-1.gif
I was wondering at what stage during production the factory changed these fasteners from white nylon captive nuts...
http://www.technifast.co.uk/images/products/other/Blind-Captive-Nut.jpg
...to the aluminium rivnuts currently sold by DMC.
http://store.delorean.com/images/Product/medium/10611.JPG
I received a reply on the Millennium Concours newsgroup stating that DMC used the aluminium rivnuts on both early and late cars.
The car in question is a Wooler-Hodec car and like most cars from that batch it was re-vinned before it was first sold in 1983. Recent research suggests that the car's original VIN is in the late 5XX / early 6XX range. Has anyone on here with an early car removed their washer bottle canopy? If so, what type of fasteners does your car have?
Cheers,
Phil
I've posted this in "historical", but it may not be the correct place; moderators please feel free to move it.
I've posted a similar thread on one or two of the other forums but I'm hoping to get a wide census of opinion on this one. I'm hoping someone can help with a question about the fasteners for the washer bottle canopy, part number 15 on this diagram:
http://store.delorean.com/images/Category/large/3-6-1.gif
I was wondering at what stage during production the factory changed these fasteners from white nylon captive nuts...
http://www.technifast.co.uk/images/products/other/Blind-Captive-Nut.jpg
...to the aluminium rivnuts currently sold by DMC.
http://store.delorean.com/images/Product/medium/10611.JPG
I received a reply on the Millennium Concours newsgroup stating that DMC used the aluminium rivnuts on both early and late cars.
The car in question is a Wooler-Hodec car and like most cars from that batch it was re-vinned before it was first sold in 1983. Recent research suggests that the car's original VIN is in the late 5XX / early 6XX range. Has anyone on here with an early car removed their washer bottle canopy? If so, what type of fasteners does your car have?
Cheers,
Phil