71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

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71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by mrsnicks » Fri May 15, 2015 4:05 pm

Hey guys. My 71 SSP came as a basket case and I'm missing the acorn nuts for the side marker bezels. I thought I had found some on ebay that were correct, but they don't hold the bezels tight.

Anyone have a source for new ones or about 16 original ones?

Thanks,

Patrick

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Re: 71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by ajcpaperboy » Fri May 15, 2015 5:29 pm

I said "Don't look Ethel,but it was to late."

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Re: 71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by mrsnicks » Fri May 15, 2015 5:40 pm

$16.00 shipping to ship a small bag of acorn nuts?????

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Re: 71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by rradar71 » Fri May 15, 2015 8:58 pm

Are the nuts just a little short? Can you put a small washer on the stud first.

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Re: 71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by GTX158 » Fri May 15, 2015 11:13 pm

It will really get you mad when pay $16.00 for shipping and you receive it and it only cost $4.50 to ship it. It really made me mad and I will really think twice before purchasing anything further.

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Re: 71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by moparite » Sat May 16, 2015 11:31 am

Sound like what people do on ebay to bump up their profits. :(

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Re: 71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by 71Satellite98661 » Sat May 16, 2015 6:30 pm

That vendor may be speedy to some but if you want acurate hardware, they are hard to beat. RT Specialties has provided the ice cream on the cake for me.

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Re: 71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by rradar71 » Sun May 17, 2015 11:06 am

Hey Patrick, are you still there. I was just wondering, are you using gaskets under your bezels. Ron.

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Re: 71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by mrsnicks » Sun May 17, 2015 11:25 am

Yes. I'm using the gray paper paint gaskets on the outside and the white foam gaskets on the inside.

Patrick

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Re: 71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by rradar71 » Sun May 17, 2015 2:08 pm

Ok, I was just wondering how far off they were. When I took my marker lights off (2 cars) I broke a couple of the studs. Lucky that I had eight bezels to choose from. If the nuts are for a different size diameter stud, I don't think I would use them. If they screw on alright and are just a tiny bit short, I would go with the washer. I was just looking through my hardware and found a couple of stainless ones that are the same diameter as the nuts with a big enough hole to fit over the studs. Unless someone looks at it with a magnifying glass you wouldn't notice it. Just my two cents. BTW, I put the nuts back on without any tools, as I didn't want to break anything and a few of the nuts took some doing to snug them.

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Re: 71 SSP Side Marker Bezels

Post by mrsnicks » Mon May 18, 2015 2:21 pm

I spoke to the gentleman about

http://www.rtspecialties.net/proddetail ... od=1002439


the shipping price is a non-issue as he says these are not correct. He says I need a thread cut nut, and these are machine cut nuts.

Patrick

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