By accident, I started a dialogue with the guy who is parting-out the 12K mile CE talked about below. I too inquired about the hinges as soon as I saw the Ebay posts. I passed on the hinges as like all of you know, they may be as bad as any of ours. Mileage is not the culprit here...time and pressure is. Anyway, we struck up a conversation about valve covers and what material they are made from...I had no idea it was the same guy with the '82 CE being parted out....we talk about supply for us who have CE's and what parts are practically nion-existant...Finally to the point...... I figure out he is the guy with the CE to be parted out.
He says he has someone who will make the mold. He has repo'd many parts for lots of various years and has experience from where he speaks. I am in the metals business so I start telling him what the problem is with the stretching of the hinges. He was prepared to just copy his low mileage hinges and go until I warned him that his might be as bad as ours... The bottom line is that he can do the hinges and use the right material. I can get him metal to work with to cast, machine, or whatever. He thinks by the fitment on his car being parted out that he may have good units, BUT he wants to know a C-C dimension from us that we feel is good just to be sure. I really think that if we were to place our glass in the best possible position without any gas cylinders attached and the hinges off the car, can't we squeeze a set until the spread is right for our rear glass? I realize as soon as we install, they will spread under pressure, but seems like we could lay them against the glass and the roof and get real close. He wants our input!
Guys, this is our chance! What say?
Bill
Centennial, Co.
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