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Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:51 pm

crazyoval wrote: So it looks to me like the:

http://picasaweb.google.hu/lh/photo/xs3twacpkJB6PQHmZQc71g?feat=directlink

Is the earlier lid yes?

Yes sir....

Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:23 am

I have a " V" deck lid. The body of the car is a 56 [ I think ] Are the Spring brackets on the body different? If so, what spring should I use. Big or little.

Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:49 am

Where the spring on the decklid mounts is a little wider on the "V", then the "II" style. My Big Spring on my 54 on the decklid side is wide as well to match the "V" style mount. But I believe the actual anchored side on the body is the same as the later year. Im not sure if the smaller Mid 1955 -57 spring would fit the "V" shaped mount on the decklid, being that it is narrower.

Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:41 am

The body is different too. The socket where the tongue of the spring engages is wider on the early cars to take the wider tongue of the early big spring. If you have a 56+up car, the early spring will work. If you have a 55-down car, the late spring won't fit.

Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:21 pm

Thanks guys. The body of my oval is under a lot of snow now, so I can't look at the mount. I need to buy a spring, so I will go for a large one. Thanks again. Dennis

Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:44 pm

derluftwagen wrote: I have talked to a few people that have purchased these repro lids and they say you cannot get them to fit right, that the body lines will line up but the "curve" that would match the curve of the vent area is a bit off. Anyone else have these problems or is it just old decklid hangers?

If there are any fitment problems wiht the KSR lids, it's usually the hangers or the car may have been hit. Bob Koch has personally fitted a couple dozen of these lids without any issues. Even so, if it takes a little effort to get it right, you'll be much more ahead of the game as opposed to trying to repair and fit an original.

-jeffrey