70convert

does anyone have a picture or now how the guide pin is fastened on a 70 conv top frame.

Vintage Chief

Are you referencing the pin used to latch (lock/unlock) the convertible top to each side at the top of the front windshield?

70convert

No i am not
I am referring the single pin type piece on the drivers side on the headerbow

tkcutlass

Threaded hole
for more pics https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...8/#post1464455

70convert

tkcutlass i have a new header bow and there is just a hole and no nut. thanks for the pic but not sure what it screws into. I removed it so long ago I forgot if there was a cage nut.

cdrod

I've disassembled several convertible front headers and the guide pins were attached with a square nut inside the header frame - see attached pic.
Rodney

70convert

70convert

cdrod thanks for the pic

cdrod

70convert:
The guide pin is mounted to the bottom of the header on the LH side. On '71-'72 A-body cars I've only ever seen one guide pin and always on the LH side; although Tim's photo seems to show the pin on the RH side - see post #4 above. Maybe it's a '70 thing (I've never owned a '70 car). The latching hooks grab onto the metal receivers mounted at the inside corners of the windshield.

Rodney



The guide pin fits into this hole on the LH side of the windshield header.



The latches hook into the bottom of these metal receivers.

tkcutlass

The guide pin on my 70 is also on the driver's side

cdrod

Tim:
You're right, on the left.