The later nuts were riv-nuts that were crimped into place. You could spot weld plain or flanged M8 nuts or locate the weld-in style, maybe WW?
Mike B. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 22, 2015, at 17:07, "Bert Knupp" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Volks, > > When removing fenders, some previous owner (I always blame those P.O.s) > apparently torqued out about 9-10 M8 weld nuts in the wheel wells of my 1972 > SB. I’ve got the fenders off for some body work anyhow and would like to > spot-weld in some new ones. > > But I can’t find any – except on German eBay. Gets a bit costy. Does > anybody know a mail-order supplier who stocks M8 weld nuts suitable for > repairing our VW beetle fender mounts? Steve at WCM couldn’t help, and I > can’t find them in my usual assortment of catalogs. > > Bert Knupp in Music City USA > > > __n|_ > > °(_____)º > > (ô\_|_/ô) > > U° °U > > Polizeikäfer ‘70 > > > > > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
