!936 Ford Spare Tire Cover

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dbrock

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The small clips that hold the chrome ring to the spare tire cover are useless or gone. It looks like there is a total of 9 slots to fill. Does anyone have a source for these ?....same for the clips that hold the chrome strip to the running boards ?

Thanks in advance. D.B.
 
I took an old aluminum license plate and cut strips about 1/4 wide and 1" long. Bend one end into a T shape just big enough to slide into the molding. Cheap and easy. Any piece of aluminum around 20 guage should work. On the back side you can twist them or just bend them over.

Nobody makes the clips that fit.
 
Thanks fellas for the info and the advice on how to "homemake" the clips....too bad no one stocks them D.B.
 
dbrock ....................
The '33-'34 stainless rings are held on by nuts and bolts. What you can do, is grind down the heads of some bolts or screws, to where they will slide into the ring, and secure them with nuts. Leave the heads wide enough, so they will not spin, inside the ring.
Perhaps, the '33-'34 bolts are available. ????
MIKE :)
 
I took T.M.'s advice and fashioned some clips out of some thin aluminum. I thot I would never be able to achieve the end result...but after about and hour and 45 mins I ended up with some great results. (took about 15-16 trys to get the 9 that I needed) The chrome strip is hanging on better than ever ! The bolt idea is really good also Thanks fellas ! D.B.
 
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