The last set I had used a stud that came out a factory hole the fender in front of the hinges. This set does not. I was told they were removed from a bigblock Olds a-body. Did Olds use both styles?

 

i almost bid on these

i am not sure the answer to the question but i had an original 72 W-30 that had the studs like you mention.

 

bid on these??? This pair is fresh off the farm

There is one guy ahead of you in line for them.

 

lol, i just looked up the set i seen on eBay and they were on a dark floor. i went out and took a couple pictures of some on a car i have. it looks like there is a bolt through the nut that is welded to the brace. that bolt is the stud that you see under the hood.

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The last set I sold were slightly different , they did not have the threaded hole with a bolt run thru it like yours or the set I got today , see pictures.

 

mine look like your top pictures. i have a set off of a car but can't find them right now. you got me wondering why the difference now?

 

Interesting! I hope someone else chimes in to clear this up....

 

My 71 442 has the stud style and my 72 Cutlass has the brace with the threaded holes. I was never sure why they were different

 

The ´70 SX that I had sold last fall had studs with nuts on the fender side, but I have recently purchased a core support and fender braces out of salvage from another ´70 which had the threaded square nuts attached to the brackets. I am gathering that they were different based on build location, or component availibility, or day of the week. Maybe one of the local Rocket Shaman can give us an answer.

 

Was wondering where the fender brace attaches to at the cowl end? Any help would be great......

Thanks,
Ted

 

Ted, they bolt to the lower section of the cowl as shown in this pic from the Assembly Manual

 

sold long a

go go

 

Just looked at Parts Place. They have this listed new for 59.00. Can't tell from that small a pic, but from the look of the limited number of fasteners they likely have the nuts welded to them?


Part BP1071T
Use 'fender brace' for the keyword

 

Only OEM here waldo

 

I tried to cut and paste the whole pp ad. It does say nut welded on one end fyi








Body Panels - FENDER TO BODY BRACE - REAR INSIDE OF FENDER

THESE ARE THE RODS THAT GO BEHIND THE FENDER AND COWL. CURVED ROUND BAR WITH NUT WELDED ON ONE END. THESE WERE USED ON HIGH HORSEPOWER CUTLASS SUCH AS 442 / W30 / W31 / RALLYE 350.

Product Name Price Quantity BP1071T
(1970 - 1972 Cutlass/442) FENDER TO BODY BRACE - PR

$59.00