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Old 07-21-2010, 12:08 AM   #1
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Default Interior screw kit

Some time ago I bought a bag of screws from Braton's that is supposed to include every screw needed for the interior ('29 Town Sedan). However, there is no indication as to what goes where. I have gone throught the catalog to try and identify what screws go where, but still have not accounted for all of them. Has anybody had the same problem. Any ideas on what goes where? They are all chrome plated so I don't want to use one in the wrong place and end up buying more.
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Old 07-21-2010, 04:23 AM   #2
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I had the same problem with my 155A Murray Town sedan. First sorted all of the hardware by diameter and length. Then made a chart of what I needed, for example how many screws required to hold the quarter window garnish moldings in place. In some cases it is easy to pick out where the hardware is used. Then it was a matter of elimination by first making sure the head fits if it is an oval screw, then checking the length by a trial fit.
I know of no charts that will help, maybe somebody will have better information. Gar Williams
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When I did the Vicky, I sorted the interior fastners and placed them in zip-lock bags with the part they secured marked, in felt tip, on the bag. It made it somewhat easier, two years later, when it came time to install a part, to match up the new fastners with the old.
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Try Roy Nacewicz.
From his catalog:
Well, we still do not offer specific kits because of the complexity involved, but if a restorer wishes, he can select the needed screws etc. for his project from our catalogue offerings listed below.

Nickel plated interior Trim Screws: # 8 and #10 trim screws with slotted oval heads as original (1928-31)
R-86-20 #8 x 3/4” long screws (20 pcs/pkg) $ 4.95/pkg
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Did I miss where the srcews go?

My sons vicky has no interior screws so how does one figure out what it needs, and where they go if even Roy does not know?
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My sons vicky has no interior screws QUOTE]

There are a double handfull of interior screws in a Vicky. Side wndow frames, garnish moldings and rear window frame, just to name a few.
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My sons vicky has no interior screws QUOTE]

There are a double handfull of interior screws in a Vicky. Side wndow frames, garnish moldings and rear window frame, just to name a few.

I should have added "when he received the car."
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Old 07-21-2010, 12:46 PM   #7
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When I did the Vicky, I sorted the interior fastners and placed them in zip-lock bags with the part they secured marked, in felt tip, on the bag. It made it somewhat easier, two years later, when it came time to install a part, to match up the new fastners with the old.
Anybody starting a restoration MUST first go out and buy a big box of good-quality Ziploc bags, and a Sharpie for labeling them. Avoid cheapo bags: otherwise you will have a box full of bolt-filled bags that are starting to fall apart...

Good Ziplocs cost only about three cents each, so don't skimp.

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Okay, back to the beginning, if the car was apart when you got it (such as the '29 Sport Coupe I'm working on), how do you determine which screws go where?
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Okay, back to the beginning, if the car was apart when you got it (such as the '29 Sport Coupe I'm working on), how do you determine which screws go where?
We are goinfg to have to find cars in our style and check first hand.
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You look in the original Ford body parts books and match up the listed screw description with the part you want to install. (rear window garnish, etc.)
I would not trust what some repro catalog said about a kit anyway. It is a lot easier just to look it up by body style and put the proper type screw in the location it is called for by Ford.
Unfortunately the body parts books that I have don't contain any standard hardware except for a few miscellaneous pieces in the 1928 and 1929 books. That makes me curious just how Roy Nacewicz reached some of his seemingly odd conclusions.
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