>Hi all,
>
>The lower grille to my '84 Westy was taken off by the PO when it was
shipped
>from Florida to Minnesota.  I ordered grille clips from the Bus Depot,
>assuming this was how I was to attach it, but they didn't seem to do
>anything- holes in the grille are way too big for the clips.
>
>I called the Bus Depot about this today and the nice guy helping me said to
>try and screw them on.  I don't know how this would work, since there is
>nothing to screw them into, and I couldn't get my arm up in there to put a
>nut on the other side of the hole.  It does look like there was some sort
of
>adhesive holding it on before, as I can see some sort of residue on the van
>in a rectangular shape.
>
>So how should I attach this grille?  I am sick of my van looking ghetto
with
>out the lower grille (one without the headlights) and I am getting ready to
>go from Minnesota to Colorado in about two weeks, so I'd really love to
have
>the grille on for that, not to mention having my van run which it currently
>does not :(
>
>Thanks for any help!
>
>Alli
>'84 Westy "Treetop"

If your grill is like mine, the clips go loosely into holes in tabs in a
body flange....

 - and a screw is meant to go through the screw hole in the clip, and spread
the wings of the clip so that it forms a very tight fit against the hole in
the flange.

It works sort of like a drywall anchor, if you know what that is.

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy