C2 part stumper - conv deck lid latch backing plate
03-26-2015, 05:25 PM
#1
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C2 part stumper - conv deck lid latch backing plate
Let's see if anyone can beat JohnZ to the answer.
The deck lid latches on each side of the deck lid clip into a latch bolted on the body. On the other side of the body wall, up inside the rear fender wells is a metal backing plate.
Here's a photo:
Where can I buy? Called Zip and Corvette America - nuttin'
Nobody has ever heard of it...
The deck lid latches on each side of the deck lid clip into a latch bolted on the body. On the other side of the body wall, up inside the rear fender wells is a metal backing plate.
Here's a photo:
Where can I buy? Called Zip and Corvette America - nuttin'
Nobody has ever heard of it...
Last edited by TJefferson2020; 03-26-2015 at 05:32 PM.
03-26-2015, 05:52 PM
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Team Owner
Whats so special about it....
Looks pretty simple to make one on your own...
Looks pretty simple to make one on your own...
03-26-2015, 05:54 PM
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Le Mans Master
What does 66Jack get for winning the contest?
03-26-2015, 07:23 PM
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It looks homemade because it's been sandblasted, the rusted bolts drilled out and tapped.
But the other one is destroyed.
03-26-2015, 08:23 PM
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Let's see if anyone can beat JohnZ to the answer.
The deck lid latches on each side of the deck lid clip into a latch bolted on the body. On the other side of the body wall, up inside the rear fender wells is a metal backing plate.
Here's a photo:
Where can I buy? Called Zip and Corvette Amer
Nparobody has ever heard of it...
The deck lid latches on each side of the deck lid clip into a latch bolted on the body. On the other side of the body wall, up inside the rear fender wells is a metal backing plate.
Here's a photo:
Where can I buy? Called Zip and Corvette Amer
Nparobody has ever heard of it...
03-28-2015, 10:32 AM
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I checked it out - that's not the part. That is for the latches that hold the soft top to the deck.
These plates secure the deck latches to the body.
I'm having new plates fabricated.
Maybe the reason nobody knows about them is that they are riveted to the body inside the rear wheel wells and usually covered in undercoating. They don't normally fall out.
Mine were rusted to the point that the rivets let loose.
That one in the pic looks homemade because it's been sandblasted, had broken bolts drilled out and re-tapped.
But the other one is beyond repair. They are original parts.
These plates secure the deck latches to the body.
I'm having new plates fabricated.
Maybe the reason nobody knows about them is that they are riveted to the body inside the rear wheel wells and usually covered in undercoating. They don't normally fall out.
Mine were rusted to the point that the rivets let loose.
That one in the pic looks homemade because it's been sandblasted, had broken bolts drilled out and re-tapped.
But the other one is beyond repair. They are original parts.
03-28-2015, 05:49 PM
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I checked it out - that's not the part. That is for the latches that hold the soft top to the deck.
These plates secure the deck latches to the body.
I'm having new plates fabricated.
Maybe the reason nobody knows about them is that they are riveted to the body inside the rear wheel wells and usually covered in undercoating. They don't normally fall out.
Mine were rusted to the point that the rivets let loose.
That one in the pic looks homemade because it's been sandblasted, had broken bolts drilled out and re-tapped.
But the other one is beyond repair. They are original parts.
These plates secure the deck latches to the body.
I'm having new plates fabricated.
Maybe the reason nobody knows about them is that they are riveted to the body inside the rear wheel wells and usually covered in undercoating. They don't normally fall out.
Mine were rusted to the point that the rivets let loose.
That one in the pic looks homemade because it's been sandblasted, had broken bolts drilled out and re-tapped.
But the other one is beyond repair. They are original parts.
But I have been wrong before
03-28-2015, 05:59 PM
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03-29-2015, 10:00 AM
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03-30-2015, 08:22 PM
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