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Trim fasteners 69 satellite, need help

donm

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So on the 69 satellite it has body moldings that run the lenght of the car. The ones for the quarters are large at one end so the sizes are different from front to rear. I have all the moldings, but what i do not have are good fasteners. Ive looked on numerous websites but without finding anything specifically listed for it. Any help to narrow down the exact ones would be great.

Separately the trunk lid trim, (picture is from a car at a show)cant find it anywhere either. Found some for a barracuda that was told may work but not sure.

Here are the side molding pictures and broken clips

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Also, don't forget your local body shops. The longer they've been in business, the better. Some have boxed assortments. I've used both GM and Ford fasteners. Found a few here and a few there. No body would charge me so I took them in a box of donuts, that were well received...
 
Also, don't forget your local body shops. The longer they've been in business, the better. Some have boxed assortments. I've used both GM and Ford fasteners. Found a few here and a few there. No body would charge me so I took them in a box of donuts, that were well received...
Middle of nowhere WV unfortunately. Ive hit up the only few close to me without any luck
 
As I'm the person you got the mouildings from, I would say I did everything in my power to salvage all the clips from the car. You are lucky to have almost every one. The metal stud type can be repaired. The expanding finger type have a work around.
I don't think any universal supply place will have any clips, as every clip is a different size.
OEM reproduction won't as there were too few sport sats to justify making them.
My suggestion was to find a universal expandable clip that fits the factory hole in the sheet metal.
Then modify the factory clip by drilling the center hole to that size, and pushing the aftermarket clip through.
You have the advantage that the moulding profile is tall, and there will be room to clear the extra clip material.
The clips attach to the car, before the moulding snaps on. I now realize you might bot have recorded the hole locations for your new panels. The tapered mouldings are going to require pretty correct spacing.
I'm away from my stuff, but I could post a picture of what I have in mind, later in the week. I fact, I still have the car those trim parts came from.
And it still has the trunk trim on it.
 
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As I'm the person you got the mouildings from, I would say I did everything in my power to salvage all the clips from the car. You are lucky to have almost every one. The metal stud type can be repaired. The expanding finger type have a work around.
I don't think any universal supply place will have any clips, as every clip is a different size.
OEM reproduction won't as there were too few sport sats to justify making them.
My suggestion was to find a universal expandable clip that fits the factory hole in the sheet metal.
Then modify the factory clip by drilling the center hole to that size, and pushing the aftermarket clip through.
You have the advantage that the moulding profile is tall, and there will be room to clear the extra clip material.
The clips attach to the car, before the moulding snaps on. I now realize you might bot have recorded the hole locations for your new panels. The tapered mouldings are going to require pretty correct spacing.
I'm away from my stuff, but I could post a picture of what I have in mind, later in the week. I fact, I still have the car those trim parts came from.
And it still has the trunk trim on it.
Any help would be great, ive found some pictures of the trunk but havent seen any removed. Id thought about what you suggest, was just hoping something oem style was out there. It is a huge help that you did have those orginals
 
Quit trying to match the original clips... No one sees the clips once the moldings are installed.... As long as the attachment hole is somewhat centered to the molding the generic wing/spring design clips work great.... Some are only for true centered holes but the style pictured can be slid off center, once the bolt is tightened they can no longer be shifted.... They are available in widths from 1/2" to 4"...

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