White plastic retaining clip for manual tops

[KevinMcInnes]

I have searched every-way possible on here and cant find a source for those white plastic clips that hold the top down on a manual convertible.

Bueller? Bueller? anyone - thanks !!

 

[Oklacarcollecto]

You might try looking in the convertible section on this site. I have no idea if there is anything there to help you.

 

[None2Slow]

Are you talking about the plastic that goes into the hole that the top alighnment pin goes into? I think thats called an anti-rattle pin or something along those lines. Like this?

https://yearone.com/Product/DisplayProduct/8355

 

[panoply]

I have searched every-way possible on here and cant find a source for those white plastic clips that hold the top down on a manual convertible.

Bueller? Bueller? anyone - thanks !!

Kevin. Did you ever find a source? I think they may need to be 3D printed.

 

[1WildRT]

Kevin. Did you ever find a source? I think they may need to be 3D printed.

There was a guy over on Ebodies.org 3D printing the ones for E bodies... Don't know it they are the same...

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Are you talking about the plastic that goes into the hole that the top alighnment pin goes into? I think thats called an anti-rattle pin or something along those lines. Like this?

https://yearone.com/Product/DisplayProduct/8355


No, he's taking about a part that's only on non-power top cars that causes the top to snap into the down position...


BTW I didn't realize this thread had been brought back from the dead..

 

[chewy]

@Jim Kueneman was 3d printing some through shapeways before they went bankrupt. Wonder if he still has some?

Reference thread fir the ones I picked up from there

Shapeways for Convertible Latch and '66 Headlight Adjusters

 

[chewy]

BTW I didn't realize this thread had been brought back from the dead..

Just realized the OP hasn't been on in 11 years.

 

[66Dvert]

I have searched every-way possible on here and cant find a source for those white plastic clips that hold the top down on a manual convertible.

Bueller? Bueller? anyone - thanks !!

look at Jim Keunemans posts he had some made for his 63 manual top car and you can purchase them at the place that made his. Laysons and other make crappy replacements but Jims are extra strong and a bit bigger than originals for durability. dang! shapeways went away? hmm see if he can swing his design to Xometry for you or post it here and you do the leg work

 

[chewy]

Jim's worked perfectly on my 65 dart-s manual top. In hindsight, wish I had purchased a second set...

I went thru two sets from Laysons in three years. First set broke off, second set warped from the heat and wouldn't hold. I used speaker wire to tie the top down acrossed the warped mounts as a result to keep it down.

You can try the ones from laysons, they are reproductions of the originals. Just a little warning about my experience with them.