harmoe

Is there a part missing on the inner fender at the engine compartment to the wheel well

Mooser

A-arm flap should be there if that's what you mean?
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Mooser

A-Arm Dust Covers


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Easy Mike

Now the bad news. Original 68 dust covers were stapled to the fender skirts. The push pin type came later.

Mooser

Later in 68 (I think), his image shows the holes for push pins so either 68L or replaced
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derekderek

Looks like either harmoe's nose has been replaced or his came with push pins.

68/70Vette

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.

Rescue Rogers

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.

twinpack

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.

L-46man

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

Mooser

Yeah, more or less. Probably the only thing on me car that's "right"
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L-46man

SEEEE! Yes! that's how they're supposed to be...

I end up judging some shows.....97 1/4% of the ones I see are WRONG.

The other one is the aftermarket T cushions are BACKWARDS.....(how to tell a newbie in 8 seconds!) LOL.

When you tuck them in like that they stay and don't get flapped up by the fan/air into the belts!

unkahal

Rescue Rogers

After i saw the pics this morning I tucked them in the proper way, I dont wwant to be the only guy here that isnt doing it right!!!

dprinter1

Uh-oh.....excuse me while I step out to the garage

Mooser

I went and un-tucked mine
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L-46man

This thread has all kinds of fun attached! I'm off my soap box now.

THXHAL

Chonciceptor

Is there a reason why this rubber flap was used at all instead of just enclosing with fiberglass?

Rescue Rogers

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