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  1. racerboy9

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    #1 racerboy9, Aug 4, 2013
    Has anyone found a source for the rear targa top bushing in black? Several vendors have them but they are white and would stand out like a sore thumb. Probably easy to make on a lathe but don't want to go to the trouble if they can be had somewhere.
     
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    #2 swift53, Aug 4, 2013
    Can you post a photograph? Might be able to help, as I presume huge quantities are not req.

    Regards, Alberto
     
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    #3 racerboy9, Aug 4, 2013
    I'll post a pic tomorrow of my NOS bushing.
     
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    #4 Verell, Apr 25, 2014
    Hello Randall,
    Sounds like something Unobtainium should be supplying. :D
    Please post a couple of pictures.
     
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    #5 racerboy9, Apr 25, 2014
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    Here is the NOS bushing next to a used bushing. It is just a pressed in bushing with the end a little swollen to hold it in place. Similar to the frame bushing for the emergency brake cable.
    It is a semi-hard plastic like the polyurethane suspension bushings.
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    #6 Verell, Apr 26, 2014
    Does indeed like it would be an easy part to turn out of Delrin(tm). Or I could make a mold & cast it out of hard polyurethane.

    Could you send me a picture of the part that is inserted into it so I can get a better idea as to how they fit together?

    Could I borrow your NOS one to get dimensions from & to use as a mold pattern?
    Something small like that I can get right onto & get it back to you in 2 weeks or less.
     
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    #7 racerboy9, Apr 26, 2014
    I will send you the part and a piece of metal the same thickness and with the same size hole in it as on the car and you should have the whole set up to play with.
     
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    #8 Verell, Apr 27, 2014
    Vunderbar!!! :D
     

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