41 Plymouth door molding clips

[41PlySD]

Thank you Lindsay...Thank you Bob, I actually worked the moldings on the passenger side of the car to completion already! What a major improvement! I de-dinged, sanded and polished all the moldings (from the hood back) to a mirror finish. To polish I used 400 wet sandpaper and fine steel wool. I have to wait to do the other side as my fingers are quite sore! The lower door molding and upper 1/4 moldings that I received from you Lindsay just needed polishing as they were nice and straight ;) thank you. Getting them from you saved me many hours of dedinging, sanding and polishing. Before I did any of this though, I stopped at three local auto stores and could not find anything close to the clips that were in there, so I wound up taking the long molding off the 1/4 panel to see what clips were used on it. There were two inward dings on this piece and I wanted to straighten and polish it anyways. But most importantly, there were no outward dings from the clips on this molding so I knew the clips had to be the "right ones". The clips were all in very nice shape too so I "borrowed" every other one to use on the door. The door molding had similar type clips but they had a subtle difference than these on the 1/4 panel molding. They had little upward bends in the center at top and bottom. These bends turned out to be the culprit. Every clip pushed outward dents in the top of the door molding (at the bevel). The previous owner/installer actually had to slide them in sideways and then twist each one to make it stay in place. Ouch! I can't believe someone was that oblivious as to what they were doing to the molding as they twisted each one of these clips in place! I wound up dabbing a little black RTV on every unused hole on the 1/4 panel to seal them up. I also cut up and old inner tube and placed a piece under each clip for a cushion. I can't believe how many clips were used to mount these moldings! Chrysler was very generous in their use of molding clips back then! Using every other one is more than sufficient as everything still fits nice and snug. Using SS screws is a nice idea. We'll see what happens when I do the other side. Thanks again guys...Bob      

[RC Drown]

Bob,

I have done the same as Lindsay mentioned, which worked rather well for me

[Lindsay McConnell]

Bob,
Any reason for the need of original clips?
A ground flat head of a stainless bolt, a long with the matching lock washer, and nut will do a much better job, and will never run a rust line when they get wet.
I have a handful of original lower reveal moldings clips in stock, but they are not cheap.
Also, with the original style clips, you must be aware that the condition of the holes in the body, or in this case, the doors are perfect or the clip will grab the molding, but continue to pop out of the holes in the doors.

[41PlySD]

Hi all, Has anyone purchased the correct clips that hold the lower (wide) body molding on the doors of their 41 Plymouth Special Deluxe? A previous owner installed the moldings with incorrect clips and left outward dings in every clip position. I have good straight replacement moldings in my possesion now but I have no original/correct type clips to go by.  Any info. as to who sells these would be much appreciated. Thanks Bob