RE: 64 Polara side trim removal

OK thanks

Ben Morgan

So what if I have cars in my yard

1966 Dodge Coronet 500
1964 Dodge Polara 2-dr HT
1954 Ford F-100 (Grandpa's Truck)
1990 Ford Bronco 5.8L
plus a few other wrecks and lawn ornaments

Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:17:42 -0400
From: lefevre@xxxxxxxxxx
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: 64 Polara side trim removal

Try Restoration Specialties or Joe Suchy or Kramers.
Mike LeFevre

On 10/15/2011 4:40 AM, Spiketon Ridgerunner wrote:

Know of a good source to get replacement clips? I need to replace most of those after I removed the trim on my '64 Polora for body work and primer

Ben Morgan

So what if I have cars in my yard

1966 Dodge Coronet 500
1964 Dodge Polara 2-dr HT
1954 Ford F-100 (Grandpa's Truck)
1990 Ford Bronco 5.8L
plus a few other wrecks and lawn ornaments

> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:51:02 -0700
> Subject: Re: 64 Polara side trim removal
> From: krmerkle@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I removed the plastic trim pieces by drilling a small hole in the
> center plug and screwing in a screw and pried the center plug out.
> Once out, the bigger clip comes right off.
>
> If you can access the inside of the car where the clips are (trunk,
> doors, fenders, ) you can take a small punch and push the pins out
> enough to pull them out of the clips with pliers.
>
> Otherwise, you either lose the clips by driving them in all the way or
> you lose them by cutting them off.
>
> Like was said before, if you have the trim retaining nuts off, the
> trim will separate from the plastic clips easily.
>
>
> K.
>
> On Oct 14, 12:38 pm, Mike & Deb <lefe...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Ruth,
> > I would imagine your trim clip system is similar to my 1965 Belvedere so
> > I will explain how my trim fastens to the body. In the trunk the
> > accessible clips have plastic nuts for retainage. The inaccessible clips
> > are plastic with a round plug/wedge that expands the tabs that fit
> > through the hole in the sheetmetal. I used plastic tools from Eastwood
> > to pry the trim off those clips. The only way I could remove the plastic
> > clips was to drive the round wedges though the clip-losing the wedges
> > inside. The clips fall off then. Since my car was on a rotisserie I was
> > able to retrieve most if not all of the wedges. Other areas had metal
> > clips which snapped into the holes. I hope this info will help you!
> > Mike LeFevre
> >
> > On 10/14/2011 7:38 AM, Ruth Gordon wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I've got super nice 4 door trim on my parts car I want to market - but
> > > first I want to get it off in case I trash it in the process! Fenders
> > > are off the car which helps some. I see plastic clips from back side.
> > > How to get these off please. Thanks, Ruth
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