Thx Mickey--- perfect And Firebob Turns out that's exactly what I did... cut off the bolt head and once I got the pocket out I could see that they were clips from below....whew
Thx all!!
'68 400HO Coupe, 4 spd, 259 interior, Windward Blue. My other car's a Johnson 15 outboard on a '61 Starcraft rowboat... Just sayin'.