408 Door Hinge Bolts

[Justin]

During a nice little early spring cruise in my 408 one of its exhaust manifolds started blowing like a machine gun. Removing the manifolds back in the garage I thought it might be smart to also machine the heads so the new gaskets and manifolds will fit snug. Once the heads were stripped I thought it might be even smarter to redo the entire engine. Once the entire engine was in a million pieces my fellow painter convinced me it would be the very smartest to now repaint the entire car as it was only a real beauty from more than 10 feet away.

Seemingly smart me, now facing the task to fiddle the entire car back together I come across a lot of screws which do not quite fit the new looks of it. The worse ones are the screws for the door hinges. They look absolutely sorry for themselves. Does anyone know which type of screws will go into the A-pillars and doors? As the 408 and I live in Germany it is quite a task to find somebody who knows about imperial bolts.

If anybody else is in the need, I found complete stainless steel kits for the 313 and 318 Engines at AlloyBolts. Even if they deny still selling them, with a little sweet talking they will.

Thanks a lot for your help. It is much appreciated by the car an me.

Please don‘t mind the mess in my garage. It is usually tidy and all up to a Feng Shui energy level, just not with me around for longer than 5 minutes.