C1 Battery J bolt needed

[Dick W.]

Re: C1 Battery J bolt needed

You are closer to 135 degrees than 90

[Philip P.]

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I guess it is how you look at it..... left-right-upside down or right side up.

[Wayne S.]

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Thanks for the picture Bill. I hope we get some more response from other C1 "nail head" bolt owners. This is very interesting.
Wayne

[Keith R.]

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Hi Roger,
I checked my molding a little closer and I think what you are seeing that makes you think the molding is off is actually the underside of the fender. It could be off 1/16th of an inch at the very front. When looking straight at it, it's not noticible, but from a bit of an angle, you see the inside of the fender well. It's such a small amount, I could probably fix it pretty easily. This is original molding. It was dinged up so I sent it to Bob Mayle in NY and he removed all the dents and dings and buffed it to perfection. All 4 peices were $160 and it's original. His e-mail address is ssnybob@cs.com (phone 716-683-4018) I've attached some add'l pictures. Hope that helps.[ATTACH=CONFIG]38550[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]38551[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]38552[/ATTACH]
Wayne

Mine fit the same way on the passenger side and I thought it was the trim piece so I got another NOS piece and it fit the same way. There was discussion on the Board recently regarding this and I think that the conclusion was that the fit was not that precise. I noticed that trim on a number of other cars at the Tucson regional fit the same way. Al Edmonds had a thread on this recently as well. You might run a search for his posts.

[Stephen B.]

Re: C1 Battery J bolt needed

Hi Dick
Can you tell me what the radius is on the inside of the hook ?
Stephen Barrett
59,66,71,73

[Philip P.]

Re: C1 Battery J bolt needed

I was reading my Judging guide and on page 68 they call it a 5/16 bolt size it sure looks like 1/4 inch to me. Is this an error.

[Thomas H.]

Re: C1 Battery J bolt needed

I took the hold down bolt out of my 60, which I believe is original to the car and made a detail drawing of it. Measurements were made with dial calipers but I'm sure there were manufacturing tolerances so don't consider what I have measured to be absolute, more of a reference. Definitly 5/16-18 thread.

Tom


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[Wayne S.]

Re: C1 Battery J bolt needed

Sorry, I don' t know.
Wayne

[Wayne S.]

Re: C1 Battery J bolt needed

Good job Tom.
Thanks
Wayne

[Wayne S.]

Re: C1 Battery J bolt needed

I'm pretty certain it is 5/16.
Wayne

[Philip P.]

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Tom, Great information it will be interesting to see what the reproductions I ordered look like.
Phil

[Dick W.]

Re: C1 Battery J bolt needed

I took the hold down bolt out of my 60, which I believe is original to the car and made a detail drawing of it. Measurements were made with dial calipers but I'm sure there were manufacturing tolerances so don't consider what I have measured to be absolute, more of a reference. Definitly 5/16-18 thread.

Tom


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So nice to have a draftsman on the TDB. Even an old phart like me can understand that print.

[Bill M.]

Re: C1 Battery J bolt needed

I took the hold down bolt out of my 60, which I believe is original to the car and made a detail drawing of it. Measurements were made with dial calipers but I'm sure there were manufacturing tolerances so don't consider what I have measured to be absolute, more of a reference. Definitly 5/16-18 thread.

Tom

I checked the original j-bolt from my '59 and got the same dimensions as Tom's drawing for overall length, hook length, hook angle, and thread (5/16-18) length.

[Wayne S.]

Re: C1 Battery J bolt needed

Thank you Sir.
Wayne

[Roger W.]

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Your second photo looking straight on does look much better. My space between the molding and the fender lip is about twice as much as yours.