Do you still have a copy of that list you made? I'm not sure it would
be completely accurate for my Mk1 Midget, but the cars do share an awful
lot mechanically.
Bkitterer wrote:
>
> David,
>
> A few more comments for what they are worth. One of the things that we found
> in doing our car was that for the price of about 10 Stainless Steel bolts from
> our local hardware store we could get 50 or 100 bolts from an industrial
> supply house. You have to buy bolts/screws by the box or lot from the
> industrial supplier. A box or lot is usually 100 parts up to 5/16. After
> that they are 25 or maybe 10 parts to a lot. These folks sometimes do not
> care to work with individuals but if you can put a reasonable size order
> together they may be more willing to help you. If you are replacing all of
> your fasteners and can put out $500 to $1000 at one time then you not only get
> enough bolts for your car but an additional supply for your garage for about
> the same money. We did a frame-up on our bugeye 18 months ago and as we
> disassembled each item we put the bolts/screws into old plastic butter dishes
> and labled each dish. Then we made up a list of parts and sent out request
> for quotes from various local industrial suppliers. Surprisingly this list
> has about 120 individual items. However it did include everything from
> upholstery screws to motor mount bolts and does not identify where the parts
> are used. After the parts came in we went butter dish by butter dish
> replacing old screws with new screws.
>
> Good Luck with your car.
>
> ------Bob and Ann
> '60 Bugeye, original owners
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