'73 Targa - front flasher question

BRPORSCHE · 03-31-2005, 07:50 PM

Does anyone out there know what size, pitch, length, material, head-type screw is supposed to hold the front flasher lense to the flasher body? The car is a '73 Targa.

Ours has two 4X7X12mm slotted fillister head screws on the left hand side; one screw is missing. The right hand side has two 4.5X7.5 round head screws and one 4.5X7.5 pan head screw, all 12mm long. The pan head screw is stainless steel phillips. The others are carbon steel slottted.

It looks like there's plenty of depth left in the housing to drill and tap for a slightly longer screw of the right pitch.

The car is a work in progress; picture below. Thanks........

FrayAdjacent911 · 03-31-2005, 07:54 PM

uhh... I think you're standing in the wrong end, man.

I'd like to know, too. My front lamp housings probably have the wrong screws.

Oh, and if someone determines a good replacement or original type screw... where can we get some??

BRPORSCHE · 03-31-2005, 07:57 PM

I'm not standing, I'm sitting on the gas tank.

NOT!!--The tank's out for restoration...

jstobo · 03-31-2005, 09:47 PM

The lenses are supposed to be 4mm x 12 mm pan head phillips. The two for the housings are 5mm x 16mm.

Zeke · 03-31-2005, 10:18 PM

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Originally posted by jstobo
The lenses are supposed to be 4mm x 12 mm pan head phillips. The two for the housings are 5mm x 16mm.

Not to be picky, but I think the original poster has the "fillister" part correct. I was at a specialty nut and bolt house recently and the fellow told me that the extra thick, but narrow head is either that or a cheese head. Pan head is a low, wide flat top screw. It won't fit into the lense hole recess.