What are these?
Burning Brakes
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Some kind of water diverter perhaps?
Edit, don't think it's a factory part, maybe leaky door seal and bubba added them to stop the seat getting soaked?
Edit, don't think it's a factory part, maybe leaky door seal and bubba added them to stop the seat getting soaked?
Last edited by Dazaa Rafae Aman; Dec 27, 2020 at 08:15 AM.
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Almost hard to believe that sunflower yellow paint and dark green vinyl was a "recommended" combination in '71.
I've always read that the early C3 convertibles had especially 'twisty" frames. These various attempts to essentially wedge rear of the door into position certain shows how engineers attempted to make a blatant problem somewhat less obvious. It almost makes me wonder if there were sometimes problems opening doors when parked on a very uneven surface.
I've always read that the early C3 convertibles had especially 'twisty" frames. These various attempts to essentially wedge rear of the door into position certain shows how engineers attempted to make a blatant problem somewhat less obvious. It almost makes me wonder if there were sometimes problems opening doors when parked on a very uneven surface.
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Drifting
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Almost hard to believe that sunflower yellow paint and dark green vinyl was a "recommended" combination in '71.
I've always read that the early C3 convertibles had especially 'twisty" frames. These various attempts to essentially wedge rear of the door into position certain shows how engineers attempted to make a blatant problem somewhat less obvious. It almost makes me wonder if there were sometimes problems opening doors when parked on a very uneven surface.
I've always read that the early C3 convertibles had especially 'twisty" frames. These various attempts to essentially wedge rear of the door into position certain shows how engineers attempted to make a blatant problem somewhat less obvious. It almost makes me wonder if there were sometimes problems opening doors when parked on a very uneven surface.
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From: Spokane, WA
To me, it looks more like part #17 is inside the door and part #4 is on the outside edge...
Don't have that on my '71 coupe and the AIM shows it's a convertible only item for that year...
Don't have that on my '71 coupe and the AIM shows it's a convertible only item for that year...
Last edited by nwav8tor; Dec 28, 2020 at 02:10 AM.