moulding repair

[Jim Comet]

Anyone have any luck repairing the missing studs on one of these grille trim mouldings? maybe solder or JB weld a wire to fasten it back on? 66 Comet grille trim is getting hard to find. Jim

[thatdarncat]

I looked up the part numbers of those 4 grill trim pieces, they are C6GY-8419-C, C6GY-8419-D, C6GY-8419-E, C6GY-8419-F, depending on if they are top or bottom, and right or left. Originally they came with the special clips, and they are part number C6GY-8A072-C, but the clips were available separately. Looks like each piece of trim took 3 clips. I did a quick Google search, it looks like the trim turns up for sale on eBay periodically. You could try searching those part numbers and see if you find anything. I would try calling some of the various NOS parts places, like Green Sales, always a chance they have some. As you've found though, probably a hard part to find since it's a one year ( 1966 ) only and one vehicle ( Comet ) only part. Hopefully someone maybe has come up with a homemade solution for you, or has some extra clips from a parts car. I don't know if you're on Facebook, but there is a group for Comet fans, you could try a wanted appeal there too. Good luck Jim.

[Jim Comet]

Thanks Kevin, they are going on my fiberglass front fenders I have for racing so they don't have to be perfect. I didn't know if soldering would bubble the chrome on these. I can find them on the web but finding all these little parts sure gets expensive when I just want the car to look good not perfect. 

[shady]

you can't solder die cast. I would drill a few small holes in them & use a stainless phillips screw with a nut on the back.

[FElony]

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[WConley]

I'm with Shady on this one.  If you don't want to damage the plating, I'd just drill and tap small holes for fasteners (maybe 6-32 or so).

You can easily make your own studs by dremel-cutting the heads off screws, then Loctiting or epoxying them into your new threaded holes.  That's what I do!

[Jim Comet]

The moulding is to thin to really drill into without going through. Maybe the way to do it is square off the heads of a couple of 6-32 screws so they fit in the channel and then epoxy them into place. I think that might just work. I'll give it a try and see what happens. Thanks, Jim

[thatdarncat]

Jim, back in 2011 I made a post on this section of the forum of how I fixed some trim on my Lincoln MK VIII. I used some trim fasteners I found at Welle Auto in Columbia Heights, they are probably available anywhere that carry some body shop type supplies. Here is a picture of the fastener. They were the smallest Welle carried, not sure if there is a smaller size. Then what I did was snip off most of the flat metal that slides in the trim groove with a tin snip for the smallest position. Would something like this work for you?




Because of the Photobucket debacle I had to replace the pictures in my original post, here's a link: http://fepower.net/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=34.0

[machoneman]

Those clip look exactly like the ones on my 1970 Mach 1 Mustang. They are used to hold the horizontal SS trim piece on the very front of the hood. Perhaps that part number for '69-'70 Stangs (no # handy here right now) would also work.

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[BruceS]

Jim, if epoxy is part of your chosen solution I recommend JB-Weld. It has worked well for any application I've thrown at it! 

Bruce