'63 Custom Cab Trim Piece Removal?
Posted: December 20, 2017, 7:26 pm
I have a '63 Custom Cab with the aluminum trim running the entire length of the truck - the trim that has the 1/2" wide red tape stripe down the middle.
I see all the pieces are held by studs with nuts through the sheet metal EXCEPT the 10" piece on the cowl - between the back of the hood and the front of the door. There is no way to access the back side of the cowl in this section so this is attached by some other method.
I've played with it for some time and I can get it to slide back and forth about 1/2". I've peered behind the trim as best I can and see a round steel wire retainer that pokes through a hole in the cowl on the door-end and some other type of retainer at the hood-end.
I imagine there is a trick to releasing the trim from these retainers but I can't seem figure it out and I don't want to damage it. Can you describe how to remove this trim piece?
Many thanks for any help you can lend.
I see all the pieces are held by studs with nuts through the sheet metal EXCEPT the 10" piece on the cowl - between the back of the hood and the front of the door. There is no way to access the back side of the cowl in this section so this is attached by some other method.
I've played with it for some time and I can get it to slide back and forth about 1/2". I've peered behind the trim as best I can and see a round steel wire retainer that pokes through a hole in the cowl on the door-end and some other type of retainer at the hood-end.
I imagine there is a trick to releasing the trim from these retainers but I can't seem figure it out and I don't want to damage it. Can you describe how to remove this trim piece?
Many thanks for any help you can lend.