Philippe, sorry not to reply earlier. I have ticked the notification box but it keeps cancelling itself.
Anyway, Simpson’s quoted £25 per clip, and a couple of Continental suppliers lost interest when they saw which vehicle they are for. I’m surprised the clips aren’t still generally manufactured but I suppose Loctite has done for them. And it must be expensive for spring companies to make one offs. I guess it’s lazy of me not to make mandrels and form my own, I would put a bend in off the shelf snap rings but I can’t find the larger ones in 2.5mm wire. Spring wire is £1.50/2m and I found 5 metres of titanium wire for £40…I could sell them as Deco jewellery. Clip art?
Thanks for your interest, Tony