Purpose of these clips?

[Hogtrough]

I ran across these while looking at merchandise on the SI site. Have not removed a dash yet but assumed the top of the dash was helf by screws and the bottom by rivets, based on various posts I've run across. Where are these clips used? Also, are the dash mounting screws accessed from top or bottom?

Edited February 23 by Hogtrough

[Guy]

Those clips hold the bottom edge of dash pad to fiberglass buck as well as two on either side of glove box opening. Top of fiberglass buck has four studs protruding downwards, the nuts are accessed from underside. I had to fabricate new studs as mine all sheared off in diassembly

[Guy]

I purchased the dash pad fron SI, fit is fair, maybe abit too much padding behind guages making it a stretch getting top vinyl wrapped over edge by windsheild

[Kodjo]

I think it is used to fix the padding above the side windows and the roll bar in the middle of the car.

The suggestions above do not match with my findings in my '69 Avanti II

Edited February 25 by Kodjo

[Stacey]

They look like the old clips used to hold door panels to the door. 

[63stick]

They are used to hold the frame mount access covers on the front floor. 2 in each.

[Guy]

Obviously clips have many applications, the first post showed an SI listing for dash clips and they are indeed used for that purpose.

[Hogtrough]

19 minutes ago, Guy said:

Obviously clips have many applications, the first post showed an SI listing for dash clips and they are indeed used for that purpose.

So if I'm correct, the clips pictured hold the foam dash to the fiberglas buck- but the buck has to be removed because the vinyl must wrap around next to the windshield. Correct? Other question is, how is the instrument cluster removed? Screws accessed from underneath? How many? Apparently there is a 2002 article in the Avanti magazine outlining this, but I will have to order the back issue to get it.

[brad]

Each and every instrument has to be removed from the back side to remove the dash overlay. 

[Guy]

Yes you are correct, as far as the instruments go, I loosened the dash,4 nuts underneath dash next to windsheild and 2 bolts left and right side next to doors holding metal crosspiece, once free I was able to pull dash back enough to access backside of gauges, 

[Hogtrough]

On 2/26/2025 at 1:04 PM, Guy said:

Yes you are correct, as far as the instruments go, I loosened the dash,4 nuts underneath dash next to windsheild and 2 bolts left and right side next to doors holding metal crosspiece, once free I was able to pull dash back enough to access backside of gauges, 

Was hoping that was possible. Might be able to do a dash pad replacement if it can be done from above