Many times when I'm repairing/replacing/removing a part on my '67 I encounter something that is just plain stupid :bang: that is an obvious afterthought or last minute "solution" by the design engineers of the time. There are also things they completely overlook.

Obvious example would be the cowl setup. But some other examples I just ran into are the headlight setups. The combination of the trim rings and the rings that retain the bulb are an invitation for paint chips and scratches no matter how you do it, unless you have a nerf screw driver laying around.

The other big :nono: is that stupid clip on the back of the shifter plate on the console. They are always loose or broken off and there is really no ideal way to repair them.

I could go on an on...

What are your biggest :notnice: :notnice: :shock: ???

 

Oooh, that's a good one. I just had to grin and bear it last week as I re-installed my headlights after a fresh repaint. I think I did a good job and kept it to just three paint chips. :bang:

How about door panel clips? It's like they are all lined up to be perfectly 1/4 inch off, and they are great for leaving dents in the door panel when you put them on, and ripping out the board when you take them off. don't even get me started on the little plastic clip thingys that hold the door lock rods to the latch inside the door. They are engineered to turn into dust at precisely the same time as you finish installing the aforementioned door panels. :notnice:

 

binding heater control cables and the general underdash wiring clutter.
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clip-on fender bolt that goes through hole behind kickpanel. I tackwelded mine in place when the stupid clip wouldn't hold it.

 

Well, I don't know how it is on other models, but I just had my most frustrating task last weekend, and I chose it to do becasue I thought it would be the easiest. See, for those eho don't know me yet, when I spot something in need of replacement (not repair mind you) I usually buy it right away, but then it sits in a box for a year or so, aspirations of doing it in the winter, but rarely happens. Well I have decided to do one thing a week at least now, so I chose to replace my gaskets around the rear back up lights. What a fricken pain the (south of the) neck!!!! You would think it would be simple to remove the bolts holding it to the roll pan, unh unh. The studs are way to long to use a short socket on and the lip hangs down too low to get a long socket on it. I bought a rachet wrench but because of the curl to the pan it won''t sit flat enough to do any good. The screws that hold the roll pan on are hidden by the bumper and require a very small and blunt L shaped screwdriver to get at unless you want to take the bumpers off too which brings us back to exactly where I started, me on my back with crud in my eyes, lot's of liquid wrench and a teeny tiny open ended wrench moving the nut a C hair at a time until it is loose enough to turn once or twice by hand before locking up again. :bang: I kid you not, 3 to 4 hours just to remove four nuts and replace 2 gaskets.

I think I'll give myself a break from frustration next weekend and pull the engine to repaint the bay.

 

Reminds me of the stupid clip setup that holds the bottom of the front fender near the door