1967 Barracuda Trunk Trim Hadrware

[TheContractorDude]

Greetings,
I am in the process of installing the two thin pieces of trunk trim on the Barracuda. I am missing 9 of the clips w/nuts and I believe the top piece at the ends had some sort of push in style attachment cause there is no access to those holes in the truck lid for installing nuts. Does anyone have any clips available? I call Mr. G and am waiting a reply.

 

[matthon]

I believe these are the clips and nuts, have to bend the arm out to fit the trim size.
Iirc, I used these on my top trim, but I do not recall the ends being different.

 

[TheContractorDude]

Cool thanks
Ya the upper trim outer holes on my trunk lid are not accessible. So I was thinking there was a push in type of fastener. I got a call into Tom at R/T Specialties as well

 

[Cuda Al]

What you need are a pair of wire trim clips like this (not saying this is it).
Mopar Number 6002368

Alan

 

[TheContractorDude]

What you need are a pair of wire trim clips like this (not saying this is it).
Mopar Number 6002368

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Alan

Now that makes perfect sense!

 

[Cuda Al]

That is why the notches are there.


Alan

 

[partsmonsta]

We resto tons of these trim pieces and very few are original pieces.
90% of the Cudas out there have the top piece brought down to the bottom, due to the fact that the bottoms are near impossible to find.
Here is how to tell them apart:
The top piece has square cutouts (for the clips) and the bottom does not.
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Considering buying the repro kit? It will be a pair of the top pieces only.
The top piece does not fit the bottom, so you have to bend it to fit, best you can.
BUT, you will find out it will not fit correctly and soon rub your paint off. GRRRRRR.
You would think the repro companies would have reproduced the bottom piece by now, but they probably can't (or have no desire to) find a perfect bottom piece.
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Answer to your orig question: Yes, the end clips are push in...but the door panel clips will not work. The correct clips have a square gray base that seats them correctly.

 

[Murray]

Small square push-in clips to investigate at R/T Specialties listed for splash shield clips. Discovered these for my cuda interior trim. These may work for you.

 

[TheContractorDude]

We resto tons of these trim pieces and very few are original pieces.
90% of the Cudas out there have the top piece brought down to the bottom, due to the fact that the bottoms are near impossible to find.
Here is how to tell them apart:
The top piece has square cutouts (for the clips) and the bottom does not.
-----------------------------
Considering buying the repro kit? It will be a pair of the top pieces only.
The top piece does not fit the bottom, so you have to bend it to fit, best you can.
BUT, you will find out it will not fit correctly and soon rub your paint off. GRRRRRR.
You would think the repro companies would have reproduced the bottom piece by now, but they probably can't (or have no desire to) find a perfect bottom piece.
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Answer to your orig question: Yes, the end clips are push in...but the door panel clips will not work. The correct clips have a square gray base that seats them correctly.

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So this is a top piece with the notch?

 

[Cuda Al]

So this is a top piece with the notch?

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Yes, the factory top and bottom are different.
Reproductions tried to make one fit both and it fits neither well.


Alan

 

[partsmonsta]

So this is a top piece with the notch?

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Yes. The bottoms have no notches.

 

[TheContractorDude]

I believe these are the clips and nuts, have to bend the arm out to fit the trim size.
Iirc, I used these on my top trim, but I do not recall the ends being different.

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Do you have a link for the fasteners?

 

[TheContractorDude]

Here is a picture for reference of the hardware for the top trunk trim piece

 

[4spdragtop]

Papco also makes the clips(not the outside ones), but the ones with springs.

 

[matthon]

Do you have a link for the fasteners?

Old school, went to my local body supply store and bought over the counter.

 

[TheContractorDude]

Old school, went to my local body supply store and bought over the counter.

Cool I love old school! I ordered a bunch of stuff from R/T Specialties, we'll figure it out!

 

[jazak5]

Go to a NAPA and look at their "clip board" ??bring your trim piece..

 

[matthon]

Just a quick recap of a few threads and what I have learned regarding 67 Barracuda upper and lower trunk trim.

Upper trunk trim
Far left/right holes in the trunk lid are not accessible from inside.
Therefore, the upper trim has square cutouts on the back of the trim in order to slide in clips that push into the trunk lid.
The rest have threaded clips with nuts.
The face of the trim follows the contours of the upper section of the tail lights.

Lower trunk trim
All holes are accessible from the inside.
Therefore, lower trim does not have cutouts on the back.
All clips have threaded studs and nuts.
The face of the trim follows the contours of the lower section of the tail lights.

Once you notice the difference in the contour of the tail light top vs bottom, and the contour of the lower trim, you can't unsee it.

There's a noticeable bevel sloping down from the center of the trim, the back part, to the vertical face of the trim.

It is very pronounced on the tail light, and in turn very noticeable on the lower trim.

Also, upper/lower trim had black tape in the center, the black in the tail lights was painted.

Arrows show the 'bottom' of the lower bevel, roughly. Can also see the black tape wrapping around as opposed to the black paint on the tail light housing.

Now get out there and find 67 Barracudas to nitpick and owners to criticize and shame.

Captain Obvious signing off.