Well gang, while I was at the local pick a part today I figured that I would get some new to me Quarte Glass bolts.( The bolt that goes thru the glass and the hinge/closer mechanism connects to.

I was already taking seats out of a 2002 F150 and the bolts looked exatlly the same.



So I get them home, fight to remove the old rusty bolts from the 78 and find that the bolt opening is larger on the new trucks.



If you look closely at the picture you can see that the gasket that sits against the glass is bigger as is the bolt it self.





Now my truck is latchless and not weather tight any more!!!

Does anybody know what truck I should be looking for in the salvage yard that would be the same, or hell what the oem part number is.

Maybe they are still available and I can get them at a local dealer???

 

my guess is no that there not available you might try dennis carpenter they have the plastic hinges for them not sure about the bolt also some where on here someone said that 73/80 pinto had the same hinges maybe the bolt is also the same . numbers dummy maybe you'd like to chime in

 

I was thinking a car, station wagon, van, or any other vehicle from the 70's - 80's might work. Its just a matter of finding a good use-able set.

Im hoping numberdummy, will chime im before this coming weekend so I know the interchange or where i would look for some nos ones. We shall see.

 

The insert and spacer are available NOS (both at Green Sales) but the bolt/retainer thingy is obsolete as far as I can find. But, I am not the NumberDummy (if I did what he did all day long I would be crazy and go on a shooting rampage).

 

The "bolt/retainer thingy" is p/n D4TZ-10302A02-A.
I looked it up and didn't chime in because I did a search and unfortunately I couldn't locate any dealer or obsolete supplier that had any.
Some dealers or obsolete suppliers (Dennis Caprenter Obsolete Parts is another one)have the other two parts but they wont do much good without the retainer bolts.

 

Found these on EBay, not sure if that's what you're needing or not.

NOS 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 Ford Pinto Mercury Bobcat quarter window latch retai | eBay

 

After vising my local salvage yard and only coming up with some rusty Pinto bolts, I deceided to purchase the ones that "thatsrealnice" found.



I compared the pinto version to the truck version and found that the shoulder that goes thru the glass on the pinto is slightly longer than the truck version. The pinto version has another gasket that sits on the shoulder as it goes thru the glass. Both the truck and pinto verison use the same plastic washer to center the bolt into the glass. The pinto verison is around 1/8" shorter than the truck version.



truck version on left, pinto version on right.

 

Hope they work for you, know how frustrating it can be to try to use something less than optimal. Have you tried soaking the rusty ones in CLR to remove the rust, and then spray painting them a glossy black?

 

well gang,

The window bolts from ebay came in and I was pleasantly shocked.



The ebay window bolts were so much closer to the truck version of the bolts. I thought for sure I was going to end up with the short bolts I had removed from the pinto at the salvage yard.

However these worked perfectly!!!!

 

-Well I just found these after reading this post-may be an option down the road for some.....1969 Quarter Window Handle Bolt