Hi Gents,
I am working on fitting my original XR7G (non-functional) hood scoop to a repo 67/68 hood. When I got my car the scoop was not attached and the nuts and studs were missing. I am trying to identify the correct hardware. Does anyone know what the correct studs are ?
Also WCCC offers 2 different lock nuts. I am not sure which one is correct. Black or gold (yellow).
Here is a closeup of the attaching hardware on my G scoop. The car has been repainted in the past so I don’t know if anything was changed. Do you have the Smith blueprints? On the G hood scoop plans a “34587-S Tee Nut” is called out.
Interesting, looks like a KEPs nut and a flat washer. If the hardware is correct in the picture I should be able to match them up with the AMK catalog. If someone else chimes in that their G has the same hardware than we will know for sure.
The 34587-S is the nut that was molded into the scoop. Couldn’t find the mounting hardware in the prints unfortunately.
I have to use the nuts from AMK. The star lock washer looks original. They did not have a flat washer. The nuts from AMK are cad plated. Originals were bare steel.
The studs in original XR7-G hood scoops are cad plated. Looks like the originals were all the same length too. Probably the studs from a local hardware store that closed long ago.
It’s funny how the scoops looked homemade when viewed from the underside. I guess the hardware store mounting hardware fits right in with the handmade theme.
I’ve been looking at pictures of G cars that I have been collecting and noticed that sometimes washer are small like Phillip’s and other cars have much larger ones.
