Cage Nuts

[John J Brady]

Need Eight Cage Nuts for a 57 Custom Hood Hinges.

Also Need the Two Cage Nuts for the top fender cowl mount.

Either used or if someone knows where to buy them.

[lalessi1]

Try Restoration Specialties. restorationspecialties.com, (814) 467-9842. They are "old school" suppliers of all kinds of hard to find stuff.

[rmk57]

  Didn't the top fender use hex head sheet metal screws?

[RICH MUISE]

I got mine at a paint supply house.."wee packs" IIRC.
rmk57.....the one place for the sheet metal bolt is the one under the windshield dogleg that you see when you open the door. #14 screw I think. Mine were too loose, so I opened them up for a 1/4" stainless lag bolt. The one that is the cowl mount that John mentioned is a cage nut for machine screw. I found some s.s. 5/16 hex flange bolts with serrations under the flange on ebay.

[John J Brady]

Thanks for the information. I'll give those a try.

[KYBlueOval]

John.........call Jerry's Classic Cars and Parts in Springdale AR.    479 750 1681  They do 100 point restoration work, primarily on Retractables. They have also done Rancheros. Very knowledgeable and have parts for resale.
John

[chapingo17]

No sure were everybody lives, but I found cage nuts and a lot more mini hardware in true value hardware store.

[John J Brady]

Looking for (2) steering shaft sector bushings for a 58 manual box. Factory part # is: B8A3576A

[KULTULZ]

Looking for (2) steering shaft sector bushings for a 58 manual box. Factory part # is: B8A3576A

GOOGLE B8A 3576-A and you should find them.

[iamflashman]

I have started to use weldin nuts for the cowl because of the unreliable nature of those cage nuts.

Fixed cowl fender nuts by James Fleischman, on Flickr

Fixed cowl fender nuts by James Fleischman, on Flickr

Fixed cowl fender nuts by James Fleischman, on Flickr

Fixed cowl fender nuts by James Fleischman, on Flickr