bulldog90

I am sure others have dealt with this. I have a 67 that has aftermarket headers and original pipes and covers. Pipes were modified to connect into headers and work great. Issue is side pipe cover on passenger side. Anytime I hit a good bump it slides right off the c clips are simply not enough to hold in place. I hope others have encountered the same problem.

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MasterDave

C clips on side pipe covers? The covers are bolted at the rear via a bracket and screwed onto the front inner fender, then screws all along the length of the body under the door. I don't understand sir.

ricks327

You beat me to a response unless he is talking about the insulators which are "glued" on.
Rick

Scott Marzahl

No c clips, brackets front and rear with machine screws.

LT1driver

maybe the holes where the clips attach are broken out and slide down and out of postion??? send a picture without cover on and also of what you call a C clip, better help suggestions that way.

bulldog90

Thanks for the notes. I will take a picture this evening but the side cover attaches in front wheel well and rear through the mount that holds the side pipe so two contacts. Those two contacts do not provide enough support to hold it in place. Along the rail just below the door there are six Vs to which there are C clamps or nuts that hold the cover screws into. Any type of heavy bump and the cover and clamps slide right off. I think a picture is worth a thousand words on this so I will get one

Mark Lovejoy

Bulldog,

There should be a series of holes in the body below the doors not 'V' shaped openings. We had to repair the same issue on our '65.

JohnZ

Each of those six locations on both sides should have a hole drilled in the fiberglass sill panel and a special machine-thread U-nut that accepts the machine-thread cover screws.

Velox

Here's a photo of one of the birdcage notches with side cover installed showing the U-nut and machine screw installed, easy to see with side pipe removed

TCracingCA

Glad to help!

bulldog90

Exactly the picture I was looking for. Makes sense as to why the c clips that were being used will not hold. I just could not figure out why and now I really cant figure out why somebody cut the Vs in the fiberglass. Clearly they used a template because they are all the same size.

Thanks again - I ordered the correct parts last night and will be doing a little fiberglass work this weekend to fill the holes.