IML -Glove box repair

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I'm not familiar with the '60 glovebox, but I suspect it's made of similar material to those used in the later cars.  Stop by your local art supply store and tell them you're looking for a heavy black cardboard... seems like it had a special name of some sort, but I can't remember it right now.

I take my old glovebox liners apart by removing the staples, and make a pattern of lighter posterboard.  Then transfer the pattern to the new black board.  Use a heavy duty pizza cutter (the cheap ones break!) to make the creases so the liner folds in the correct places.  You can try to re-use the original tin nuts, or just use a standard U-nut from the local auto supply.  The trickiest part is probably the stapling.  If you have a heavy duty staple gun, you can buy staples that look similar to the originals, and shoot them into the joints where the originals were - you'll just have to close them inside by hand using needle nose pliers.

It takes a little time, but the results are nice.

Steve Charette

In a message dated 8/2/02 5:56:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

From: "David Sukonick" <bolo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: IML: Glove box for 60 Imperial
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:53:42 -0700
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Any suggestions on how to replace the bottom of the glove box?   Insert,
rebuild one, or old one for sale.

Thanks.

David