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My 68 was made in May of 1968. The A arm flaps were stapled. I think I bought some staples, but didn't know how to neatly install them. I ended up using the plugs.
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my early 68 has staple holes for most of the rubber in the engine compartment. I have staple holes in the metal for the top of the radiator piece for the hood gasket!!??? How did they staple through steel? The PO drilled everything for the push plugs including the inner fender dust shields. Is that how they are suppoused to mount at the bottom, tucked in like that? My PO put a hole in them for the upper shock rod and it just attaches there.
My October 1967 built 68 used staples on all the dust shields. I used a small drill bit to predrilled all the hole and used a piece of steel as a buck. I just bent the staple and used a ballpeen hammer against the buck to secure tight.
You're missing the splash shield that 'rivets' (plastic push trough) rubber shield which then TUCKS NEATLY under the A-ARM....(except like nobody knows how to do this!)
The entire front/outer part of the flap with the two tabs goes UNDER the A-Arm to secure it!
UnkaHal
edit ...perfect pix....now let's tell the OTHER 535,000 C-3 owners how do do this PROPERLY! LOL
...Is that how they are suppoused to mount at the bottom, tucked in like that? My PO put a hole in them for the upper shock rod and it just attaches there.
Yeah, more or less. Probably the only thing on me car that's "right"
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The way the upper A arm is mounted inboard, the fiberglass would protrude into the engine compartment so far you wouldnt be able to get the engine out without removing the fiberglass. The rubber flaps are a cheap solution.
if you look at the pictures below, the copper colored spreader bar that goes from A arm to A arm, you can see where the mounts are for the upper arm, then with the engine in how little room is left and thats a small block. The big blocks have even less room on the sides and the front
Last edited by Rescue Rogers; Apr 17, 2019 at 05:48 AM.
