75 roadster rear cover hinges

[Ross F.]

Ok, I give. Is there some secret to getting to the top bolts that hold the hinge assembly to the body? I'm about 2 hours and a pint of blood into this and don't have one of them out yet.
Going in the house for a beer and wait for your help.

[Mark S.]

Re: 75 roadster rear cover hinges

Are you refering to the base spring mount inside the body? If so that is the rear body mount, access head inside the rear wheel well.

[Ross F.]

Re: 75 roadster rear cover hinges

Mark, correct.
The hinge spring assembly has 3 bolts one attaches to the #4 body mounts and 2 attach to the rear deck. I can't for the life of me get to those bolts.

[Russ S.]

Re: 75 roadster rear cover hinges

Ross, Why do you need to remove the hinge? I have had to install them for some one before and they are definitely very hard to get to.

[Mark S.]

Re: 75 roadster rear cover hinges

Body bolt #4 uses a captured nut or caged nut as part of the lower spring mount iside the car, these are almost always rusted out thus just a pair of vise grips there. If it's the top 2 bolts attaching the fiberglass lid, those have a tapped rivot plate mount just like your hood hinge, seat mount etc. Here is the most recent C3 repair for me, this is one for the scrap pile.75 005.jpg

[Ross F.]

Re: 75 roadster rear cover hinges

Mark, I think you are showing me the bottom of the lid. I need to get to the bolts holding the hinge to the body.
Russ, both of my #4 body mount reinforcement bracket and caged nuts are rotten. I need access to rivet in the New ones. I also need to do some glass work on the right #4 pocket as the nut pulled through the body when the reinforcement bracket failed.