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Should these holes on the wing for mounting the headlamps be square to take the spire nuts? or is there a round version available of the spire nut? If not what size square are they? Cheers

Only ever seen round ones and I usually use pop rivets

Gray , the originals from the factory are square ,had the same problem with my mk2 cooper had to file them square (thank god before the paint !!) a company called Bresco do a headlight kit with all the correct clips and screws for about £7.00 well worth the money as mini spares dont sell them or know anyone who does .Here is a pic of my 1960 car (original front end) hope this helps


Ian

if your wings have the square holes you can use the van petrol tank mounts 21A305, these also fit the wiper motor mounts in mk3's and the regulator box holes.

guru_1071 wrote:if your wings have the square holes you can use the van petrol tank mounts 21A305, these also fit the wiper motor mounts in mk3's and the regulator box holes.

There are also some very small Black ones, fitted to the slam panel of a GT/Clubman -
to hold the front grill, and the same little "thingie" sits in the innerwing to hold the fusebox.

Cheers Guys, I have seen the Bresco ones in the past hence the question square or not!!! only just looked into this or I would of filed mine square before the paint, not so bad as the whole area is out of site so a little touch up would not be the end of the world.

bresco have a great pricing method as well.

everything (in the clip range) is 7.95 a bag, the only difference is how many items are in a bag

my bus is held together with bresco clips!

These are the ones I have in stock:


Here is a link to Bresco:

http://www.bresco.com/cgi-bin/sh000001. ... 4P#aKIT24P
looks like it needs a 7mm hole.

thats the ones

They look the "bizz" but check the original BL ones, becourse they are MUCH more flush once sitting on the hole.
You can also just file these more flat, so they look like the original.
Someday the Concour judges, will probably take off the headlight to check he he

the van tank ones are far thinner.

the disc part is only 1/16th thick

take a Dremel to the head of it and grind it flat, polish afterwards

Thnx for the link to the topic Rich.