Slick 60's

Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself...I live in H.B. Ca.
I own a 61' unibody and 70' camper special.....Been cruising the site for a couple days now and am excited to take advantage of all the info available.

Now, for my first question:

The springs that go on the glove bow door....How do they attatch? Help!

Welcome to the club! I can't help with the springs, though.

Wellcome To The Group!!

Been a long time since I took mine off, sorry I can't help with that. But I know some guys on here will.

Pictures??

SwapmeatLouie wrote:
The springs that go on the glove bow door....How do they attatch? Help!

Very carefully. hehe

Welcome aboard!

SwapmeatLouie wrote:
The springs that go on the glove bow door....How do they attatch? Help!

Got me curious now.
Welcome aboard.

I looked at my glovebox door and the spring has been rigged up, hooks to the vent door area. Maybe someone here has one that is hooked up right! Welcome!




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I'll see if anyone has posted pics when I get home tonight, if not, I'll post some up.

Welcome swampmeat! Glad you decided to check in. Now that you took me up on my offer to join here, have you checked out Fordification.com for your '70? I own a couple '71s myself.

I'll have to check out my '61 glove box door. I don't recall it having springs, but I haven't used it much.

Ok, I'm home now and I see the springs. Well, I felt for them. They are tucked up in there, that's for sure. It's kind of a spring like a safety pin and the opening of the "crow's mouth" faces the rear of the truck. There are a couple small holes the ends fit in to. Kinda hard to describe and I'm not too sure how to reach back up in there, but my truck's interior is not easy to get to right now.

Ya, I've been all over Fordification for a while now. But thanks anyway........That is how I tried to install my springs, but I think I need the glovebox insert to help hold them in place?

I put those in last summer. WOW was that a pain in the a$$. All I remember is spending most of the day cursing, walking away for a few hours and coming back to curse some more. I finally got them in and I wish I could tell you some great secret but I can't. As comet said the open end of the spring faces into the cab and you have to fit the ends of the spring into the little holes that are on the glove box door and under the dash. My glove box was in while I installed them but I don't think that makes any difference. If I remember right one end has a longer kink in it and that end needs to go into a hole first and then the other end. At least that's the way my springs were. I think I got them from Mac's Antique truck parts. I'm hoping these last another 42 years like the first ones. I probably didn't help much but good luck and welcome to the club! If I get time this weekend I'll try and take a pic of it but I'm not sure you'll be able to see much.

Thanks a2z64, Both of my springs have equal ends? Maybe not the right ones? I think I will order a new set and start from scratch.....Pic would be great!

Here's some pics...although, not the greatest.

This is the right side (nearest the passenger door), with the glovebox door fully open.



Left side fully open.



Left side, with the door halfway closed.



Hope those help.

Cool, thanks for posting those pics Slick Fan. That's exactly what I pictured by feeling with my hands. It looks to me that taking the glove box insert out would be the way to go, but a2z64 said it didn't matter to him.

Bitch'n........Somebody tweaked on the ons I have? Gonna try to reshape'm Let ya know what happens.....

Note the strategic position of the blue bungee cord. This is very important. It must be blue!!! Otherwise all efforts to install springs are futile

Welcome to the club Mr. Swampmeat!

Mark

soda just spue'd out of my nose....hahahhahhahhahahahahha

Hoofbeat Racer wrote:Note the strategic position of the blue bungee cord. This is very important. It must be blue!!! Otherwise all efforts to install springs are futile

Absolutely!
Notice also, how there's absolutely nothing holding the glovebox insert to the truck...it just sorta floats around in there at will, one good bump & all that stuff is now laying on the passenger's feet.

That's my kid's truck BTW, I would of had to unscrew the insert in mine to get decent pics. His was easier.

LOL.... funny I DO have that exact same Bungee cord in my glovebox..

Wasn't that blue bungee cord original equipment for Slicks?