While involved with restoring the crown (fin) mouldings on my '57 Nomad, I've learned something I don't think I ever knew...(with Lee T's assistance and photos!).. Thanks Lee!~


... and that is there are two different versions of the mechanism for attaching the crown moulding to the vertical moulding behind it. My red Nomad is an early Nov car and has the early version; it seems the 2nd version is an improvement re installing and/or removing the mouldings! The main difference is the little stainless insert piece that integrates the crown and vertical part of the mouldings.


Questions:


1) Is it possible to convert 1st design to 2nd design; ie this means removing and replacing the small stainless insert and adding the body mounted retainer at the rear of the fin.


2) Are the stainless inserts pieces and the body mounted retainer reproduced?


3) OR... is my only alternative to either use what I have (with the problems), or to replace all the mouldings?


If I can figure out my best alternative maybe I can find what I need at the Nats this weekend...