Help with a glove box install 1960 Thunderbird

[Guest]

Has anybody installed a clove box in a 1960 Thunderbird? I ordered one from Bird Nest and I am trying to install it and something isn’t right. Or am I just not seeing the big picture. I tossed the original one before I tried to install the new one like a dummy. And I did not take any pictures of the old glove box before I removed it to get to the windshield wiper motor and defroster ducts. (Dumb Dumb Dumb)

[YellowRose]

Help with a glove box install 1960 Thunderbird

You might go to the Search and search for "glove box" or "glove box install" or "glove box installation". Or you could go to the Technical Resource Library and look at it. I do not, that I recall, have the instructions for installing the glove box, but there is a link under Glove Box about installing the glove box light. The information there might help you figure out the glove box install. Also, here is another thread that might help. Good luck.

http://www.squarebirds.org/vbulletin...love+box+light

[jopizz]

I've done a number of them and there's no real trick to it other than putting it in at an angle so both corners clear the frame. If you try and put it straight in you'll most likely bend and tear the cardboard. Once you have it inside the metal frame it's just a matter of finessing it in the groove and lining up the screw holes. You can also get it in from underneath by removing the lower trim panel but it's a lot more work.

John

[jopizz]

Larry,

Here's a picture of what it should look like. As you can see there's the chrome trim, then the vinyl covered metal, then the cardboard glove box on the very inside.

John

[simplyconnected]

...I tossed the original one before I tried to install the new one...

Larry, it's a common mistake. (1.) I never throw anything away until I'm absolutely done with a restoration, and (2.) I take lots of pictures as I go along.

It took me a while to slow down and realize the importance of both. Even if you're taking pictures for other people's benefit, you never know... YOU may be the one working behind yourself. The pictures really help later on, to refresh your own recall. BTW, we're benefiting right now, from John's pictures. - Dave

[Dakota Boy]

I replaced mine while I had my dash out of the car.

The replacement unit fit very tight; it was pretty difficult getting the screw holes lined up properly, but eventually I got it.
Is this the problem you are having?

[partsetal]

These inserts are/were produced by a variety of manufacturers. It is rare to find one that fits well and has the screw holes lining up. I've fit several and found that out the hard way. I've even supplied a complete dash to a manufacturer so that they could get it right, and of course their pattern is correct, but then when the patterns are cut, folded and punched is where the errors occur.
Carl