Re: Randy Berger's 1956 Caribbean
Posted by Randy Berger On 2008/11/4 1:24:33
Remove the divisor bar and lay it aside. The convertible has one other piece of chrome at the top held on by two screws. This piece fills in the gap that the flipper on the hardtop requires to nest in when you close the door. Remove the screws and label them.
Now, if you have saved enough money, you are ready to take your two frames with their two extra pieces to the plater and return to the work area to fashion a new divisor bar.
Drill out the one rivet at the top retaining the bright stainless to the divisor bar. Curiously I cannot locate the part number of this piece. Perhaps it is considered part of the assembly 30.3965. In any case it is held on to the divisor bar by one rivet at the top. The vent window rear weatherstrip 30.4335 is rivetted to this piece by four rivets. Drill out those rivets and lay the stainless piece aside (perhaps for buffing).
While the castings are away at the platers draining money from your sock, you can fashion your new divisor bars. Using the old divisor bar as a pattern, drill the necessary holes for clearance and new rivets (or screws). Some holes are just for clearance of rivet heads, etc. Note that some holes are off center.
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Now, if you have saved enough money, you are ready to take your two frames with their two extra pieces to the plater and return to the work area to fashion a new divisor bar.
Drill out the one rivet at the top retaining the bright stainless to the divisor bar. Curiously I cannot locate the part number of this piece. Perhaps it is considered part of the assembly 30.3965. In any case it is held on to the divisor bar by one rivet at the top. The vent window rear weatherstrip 30.4335 is rivetted to this piece by four rivets. Drill out those rivets and lay the stainless piece aside (perhaps for buffing).
While the castings are away at the platers draining money from your sock, you can fashion your new divisor bars. Using the old divisor bar as a pattern, drill the necessary holes for clearance and new rivets (or screws). Some holes are just for clearance of rivet heads, etc. Note that some holes are off center.
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