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bronco74ghia Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2016 Posts: 21 Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:42 pm Post subject: Ghia front emblem install |
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Anybody know whether i'm suppose to use a nut or something else to keep this emblem in place?
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bhartwell59 Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2014 Posts: 792 Location: dallas, tx
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia front emblem install |
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Is it a two piece deal?
Mine is... I used nuts + washers to attach the emblem/base/seal to the nose _________________ '74 Zambezi green Ghia vert, autostick, 101k
'87 Jeep Wrangler, 4.2, 330k |
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bronco74ghia Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2016 Posts: 21 Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia front emblem install |
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Hi, it's one piece. Meaning both are already attached to the emblem. So you suggest nuts and washer? I guess now just need to find the nut size.
What size nut did you use? |
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c21darrel Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2009 Posts: 8211 Location: San Dimas
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bronco74ghia Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2016 Posts: 21 Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia front emblem install |
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Thanks all. I guess I'll get off my lazy butt and bring this piece to my local home depot or ace hardware and search for the nut/washer. |
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c21darrel Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2009 Posts: 8211 Location: San Dimas
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bronco74ghia Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2016 Posts: 21 Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia front emblem install |
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good to know.
Off the top of your head, do you know what size nut you used? Was at an m2? |
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c21darrel Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2009 Posts: 8211 Location: San Dimas
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rcooled Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2008 Posts: 2507 Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia front emblem install |
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c21darrel wrote: |
Ace...more metric than home schlepo and Lowes combined |
Yup. "Ace is the Place..."
You can also use those spring steel 'speed nuts' on the studs. I believe that KGPR sold them as part of a mounting kit for the emblem. Small nuts & washers will work too. Bring the emblem with you to make sure you get the right size and be careful screwing stuff onto those studs. That metal is pretty soft... _________________ '63 Ragtop (current)
'65 Ghia coupe (totaled)
'67 Ghia convertible (current)
'69.5 Ghia convertible and
'62, '63, '65, '69 Bugs (all long gone) |
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KGCoupe Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2005 Posts: 3580 Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:41 am Post subject: Re: Ghia front emblem install |
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c21darrel wrote: |
off the top of my head...i couldn't tell you that I had oatmeal for breakfast. |
If you always used just one size metric nut to fasten things down, then you could remember the size as easily as you remember that you have oatmeal for breakfast every day.
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