Bdad Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 My '63 just got delivered. The seller kept the plates (I had to replace with my state). I need to know what to use to attach the license plates. No bolts on them to use. Appreciate guidance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC1968Riviera Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) No question is dumb, except the one not asked. You don't know what you don't know until you find out you don't know it! :-) Something similar to this? https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/b/dorman-3390/accessories-16449/accessories---exterior-16767/license-plates---frames-16598/license-plate---brackets---fasteners-17602/6f4141dec31c/dorman-license-plate-fastener/459630bp/4267932?pos=11 Edited October 22, 2018 by NC68Riviera (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungeey Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 this is one time when a round peg in a square hole works: 5/16 18 x 1" bolt works pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera63 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 59 minutes ago, Bdad said: My '63 just got delivered. The seller kept the plates (I had to replace with my state). I need to know what to use to attach the license plates. No bolts on them to use. Appreciate guidance. The fasteners pictured above will work for the rear. One thing I found helpful on those screws on the rear is to grind the point off so that it does not protrude beyond the plastic fastener. This will save you many scrapes on your hands and wrist when fueling. The front plates are held on differently. Mine were missing there when I got my car. I have no idea what the original method was and I'm sure there are others as well besides the method I devised. I am not sure what these fasteners are called but, they work well in this application with a license plate screw. They are 3/4" in length. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) U nuts or J nuts depending on the length of the non-threaded side. Edited October 22, 2018 by RivNut (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungeey Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 this is what they had so no cuts on your hands at the gas station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera63 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, gungeey said: this is what they had so no cuts on your hands at the gas station Is that license plate frame something that originally came with the car when new? Thanks. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera63 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 16 minutes ago, RivNut said: U nuts or J nuts depending on the length of the non-threaded side. Thanks Ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdad Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Riviera63 said: Thanks Ed. So U or J nuts. Hardware store or auto parts store? I couldn't get anything to work on the front plate area...couldn't get my fingers behind to hold a nut so these would make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 19 minutes ago, Bdad said: So U or J nuts. Hardware store or auto parts store? I couldn't get anything to work on the front plate area...couldn't get my fingers behind to hold a nut so these would make sense. Probably either one. I Googled them then clicked on the "Shopping" link and got hits for Lowe's and Advance Auto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965rivgs Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Riviera63 said: Is that license plate frame something that originally came with the car when new? Thanks. Bill Yes Bill, Tom Edited October 23, 2018 by 1965rivgs (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera63 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 23 minutes ago, 1965rivgs said: Yes Bill, Tom Thanks Tom. I suppose these are tough to find. If anyone has one I am interested. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I'm in the car repair business and a pet peeve of mine is German cars. Whatever the most dumb, complicated way to accomplish something, that is what they do when designing any German car. I generally refuse to work on them, but a lady dropped by one time and had just moved to Texas and wanted me to change out her license plates on her Volkswagen Jetta. I figured that even the Germans couldn't make this a nightmare so I agreed to help her out. 5 hours later I had the rear license plate changed out! The idiots at Volkswagen attached the rear license plate to the decklid with fine thread bolts screwed into a rivet in the deck lid that had a fine thread hole in the middle of it. Of course the bolts had rusted and seized, and if I got rough with the thing I would have been buying her a new deck lid, so after five hours of cursing and penetrating oil applications, I got the bolts out and changed the plate. I now relate this story whenever someone asks me why I don't work on German cars. Another time a lady begged me to change out the dome light fuse on her Mercedes because she had blown the fuse plugging something into her cigarette lighter. The owners manual claimed that the car had three fuse boxes but did not state where they were located. For 30 minutes I looked under the hood, under the dash, behind the kick panels , in the trunk, in the doors, in the console, etc. I never did find any of the three fuse boxes and finally sent her to the dealer to get her fuse changed out.The longest that I ever spent looking for the fuse box on an American or Asian car is about twenty seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965rivgs Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Really?? I just sorted thru the auto climate control on this Benz and had fun with it. I find them very finely engineered, and sometimes challenging, but there always seems to be a legit purpose. Somewhere in Germany there is a guy cussing up a storm trying to find the fuse box on a first gen Riv! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdad Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 I got the U nuts at Lowe's (O'Reilly didn't carry them). Put them on the front plate base and bought some stainless #10 screws and mounted the front plate nice as can be. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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