Originally Posted by
robrs2
Nice work and you have found all the problems with fitting the skirts.
The original Ford skirt fitting clips for the bottom are very brittle. Most will snap when fitted due to the age of them. I made a change to the clips for mine and made them thicker and added a built in nut so they screw on.
The top on the skirts are normally just riveted to the sill.
The front skirt section is very difficult to get on and off with the Ford brackets. Yes you can snap the brackets or the skirt section. I also changed the brackets on mine so the are slightly further from the wing when mounted. This allows the skit to come off without breaking anything.
Skirt Clip Hangers
Hey Rob
Those clips look really neat and strong. How well does it hold up? Where’d you get them and what you pay for a set?
I’ve just about successfully broke 90% of all my clips and just a few holding now. I thought of fabing up some with 1.6mm brass flat bar with slight variation in design. I could’ve probably have used mild steel TBH, but I can’t weld and opting to solder. I’m toiling with the idea of drilling holes through the bottom seam where these clip hangers should go or drilling a hole through the floor board and blind riveting it on the flat. In one way it will be strong and easy to take the skirts off, but the downside is very little adjustment and now have holes through the seam body. Also that the fact I have to drill through already painted and protected finishes in areas prone to be high risk to corrosion.
Hmmmm!!!Also not sure if I should make like a C or Z type design. I tried following a similar pattern to the original clip, but with the tools I have its very difficult to bend with very short hard bends. If anyone is wondering why I’m doing this and not getting the plastic clips, it’s because I live in the southern hemisphere and these clips can’t be sourced locally an not at reasonable cost, plus I can solder if I need to.
What can anybody recommend considering a hardier installation?
43-01 Design Proposal
- Design 01 - Z Type
- Design 02 - C Type
- *NB Option B screw is a known and shall always apply.
I need recommendations on screws A & C and recommendation on hanger design considering ease of fitment
44-02 Clip Hanger
45-03 Clip Hanger
46-04 Clip Hanger
Skirt bracket
From your insight I also experimented with adding an extra washer and with the head of the rivnut provides that little extra clearance between skirt bracket and fender panel which helps taking it off. I also found that a spray of water between the panels where it slides onto, helps with removing
Originally Posted by
tosh
All from memory some might be wrong though!
cant really see some of them clearly
And there I have it. What you see, is what is now.
Until the next post, Cheers!
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Wow thanks Tosh! This will help me as I go along. I have many many more clips that I will need assistance with including some new replacement and additional ones. I’m not sure if there’s a thread on PF, but I thought that maybe I should start one in the lines of: "What is this clip and where does it go. Post with a pic". I mean, these part diagrams I’ve come across on the net are helpful in a lot of ways, but they don’t tell you exactly where the clip goes and also they have like 100 diff options. Hence relying on others to provide the info I suppose
Let me know about the thread idea or of there is a thread like this already running
Thanks & Cheers