Rear window moldings on a 50 Starlight

[fiveftsix]

Would anyone know where to get the securing nuts that are inside of the rear window garnish moldings on a 50 Starlight ?
Some of mine have rusted away.
I need a total of three,two side ones and one center nut as they are different
Or even a couple of moldings if not available as a separate item.
Geoff

[rockne10]

Your right side clips are also different than your left side clips. I made mine with sheet metal and nutserts.

[fiveftsix]

Hi Rockne,
Yes your correct.
If I cannot find any, I too will have to make something but if I do it will be a strip of metal with the four nuts in rather than the single original type.
Seems to me the original set up left a lot to be desired when it comes to water ingress into the car via the screws.
In my case it was all the bottom ones that had rusted away giving me the impression those moldings fill up with water until the level reaches the lower screw.
My inside moldings had rust inside up to the lower screw too
Geoff

[alaipairod]

Hi Rockne,
Yes your correct.
If I cannot find any, I too will have to make something but if I do it will be a strip of metal with the four nuts in rather than the single original type.
Seems to me the original set up left a lot to be desired when it comes to water ingress into the car via the screws.
In my case it was all the bottom ones that had rusted away giving me the impression those moldings fill up with water until the level reaches the lower screw.
My inside moldings had rust inside up to the lower screw too
Geoff

......Yup..........Sadly no car holds water better than a Studebaker.
I've had to fabricate the majority of clips that retain the trim on my M5, '50 Starlight, and '57 GH...........

[fiveftsix]

......Yup..........Sadly no car holds water better than a Studebaker.
I've had to fabricate the majority of clips that retain the trim on my M5, '50 Starlight, and '57 GH...........

Hmm.....
I`m not so sure that`s 100% correct as my Starlight had adapted itself over the years by providing very large convenient drain holes in all four corners of the floor plan when I first acquired it !!!! lol
Geoff