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Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:59 am

Does anyone know where I can get some replacement captive nuts - the ones that are welded into the inside of the roof where the back of the raptop bolts onto?

Thanks in advance.

Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:22 pm

hey denz, been following your build and gotta say top notch :!: :!:

my 55 was missing them and I made my own.

Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:18 pm

I think Wolfsburg West has them, or at least they used to, I got some for my '57...

Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:20 pm

Dave wrote: I think Wolfsburg West has them, or at least they used to, I got some for my '57...

Huh? :shock: I thought captive nuts for the rear sunroof tensioner were used only on 1950-56 cars. #-o

Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:22 pm

RareAir wrote: Dave wrote: I think Wolfsburg West has them, or at least they used to, I got some for my '57...

Huh? :shock: I thought captive nuts for the rear sunroof tensioner were used only on 1950-56 cars. #-o

You are right, I got them for the '55 sunroof I had, Glenn, the Beige one...

Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:59 am

joshbuchan wrote: hey denz, been following your build and gotta say top notch :!: :!:

my 55 was missing them and I made my own.

Cheers Josh. Yeah, its coming along nicely!

Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:21 am

if you're into making some like mine, I think I have enough of the sheet metal shapes that I had sheared out left over, have 'em if you pay the postage.
they really weren't that hard, just used a pair of vise grips and a hammer to bend into the box shape. drilled and tapped a pc of flat bar M5x.8 and cut/ground them square.

I've been trying to register with the site your thread is on for a while now and I think i've been black listed :cry: won't send me an activation.
i'd like to post there on your build............hook me up with the mod if you could :wink:

Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:55 am

Ive been looking for some myself and have PMed a few people "in the know" and had no luck finding any. I also have started making my own using some flat bar drilled and tapped then cut to the original standards.

Besides the rear ones I have to replace a few of the captive nut that hold the rails on :shock: and have to cut into the frame to do so. Im not looking forward to that.

Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:57 pm

Resurrecting this thread, Gavin @ TrailerQueenRestos in the UK has just had some of these fabricated to go into my resto. Just thought I'd post a couple of pics of them:

Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:52 pm

Those look perfect man!!!! I check in restowagens once and a while hoping to see you back on that car......progressing?

Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:32 am

It is progressing slowly. I don't post that much on RW anymore but will update soon. Thanks for the comments.

Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:33 pm

Hurry up Denz :D

Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:29 pm

Rich's 50 wrote: Hurry up Denz :D

:lol:

Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:13 am

Just thought id update this post.

After getting these hand made for Denz's 55 rag resto ive decided to go ahead and make these in batches being lazer cut and pressed to shape.

Their made of 1.2mm mild steel with an M5 square zinc nut and freely move the length of the cage for full adjustment as per the OG ones. only difference is OG captive nuts weremade from thinner metal (0.8-1.0mm)

These are for 50-55 ragtop bug rear tensioner strip but are also the same as sunroof/samba busses 50-67 rear tension and side captive nuts under the sunroof rails and 2 fold rag bugs under the sunroof rails too.

Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:10 am

i have just got a set of these from gav at trailor queen restorations.

excellent quality and a must have item!!!!

bin those old screws and nuts and do the job right far easier!

check the mans signature for the link to contact him for some :D