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In a message dated 2/6/14 7 02 47, grayjim@att.net writes:<BR>
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Jim "just wondering" Gray <BR>
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>>>Answer--yes, because the thread pitch is the same.<BR>
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The plastic panel on the later cars is countersunk, intended for a flat-head screw. The mating surface of the early-style bolts will not match up to the surface on the panel, but you aren't torquing it to death so it doesn't really matter.<BR>
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