Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by BigKev On 2024/3/26 10:41:21
The rear clips are longer.
Here is the front right clip:
And the right rear clip:
Notice the rear one is longer at the back portion. So perhaps someone used a rear on your front doors? Just spitballing here.
You might be able to tell the difference because the rear looks like it has a smaller tang piece on the end. Well, at least on these reproduction ones, it does.
It is kind of a pain, but if you take off inside window garnish molding and roll the window down all the way, you can see the back of the door handle and the clip. Just to verify, it is fully seated with the "knobs" on the back of the handle in the middle of those retainer barbs.
If the end of those clips breaks off, which is common when trying to remove clips that are rusty, rolling down the window and removing the molding is the old way to access those clips so you can drive the out with a long flat screw driver.
Here is the front right clip:
And the right rear clip:
Notice the rear one is longer at the back portion. So perhaps someone used a rear on your front doors? Just spitballing here.
You might be able to tell the difference because the rear looks like it has a smaller tang piece on the end. Well, at least on these reproduction ones, it does.
It is kind of a pain, but if you take off inside window garnish molding and roll the window down all the way, you can see the back of the door handle and the clip. Just to verify, it is fully seated with the "knobs" on the back of the handle in the middle of those retainer barbs.
If the end of those clips breaks off, which is common when trying to remove clips that are rusty, rolling down the window and removing the molding is the old way to access those clips so you can drive the out with a long flat screw driver.
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