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A two-part fastening clip for fastening a piece of longitudinal extending molding to a panel. The clip includes a bottom part having means for anchoring the bottom part in a hole in the panel and a top part having means for securing the molding to it. The bottom part has an upwardly projecting connection pin of rectangular cross-section and a pair of side pieces projecting laterally outward from two opposite sides of the upper end of the pin. Downwardly facing seat surfaces that extend in a direction perpendicular to the pin and in the longitudinal direction of the molding are provided on the lower sides of the side pieces and two outwardly and downwardly slanting slide surfaces are provided on the other two sides of the upper end of the pin. The top part has a crosshead member and two spaced and downwardly depending side walls, an aperture in the crosshead member for receiving the upper end of the connection pin of the bottom part, and a pair of resilient locking tongues that extend inwardly and upwardly from the lower ends of the side walls of the top part toward said aperture thereby forming a socket in the top part for receiving the upper end of the pin. Then when the top part is pressed down on the pin, the locking tongues will snap behind the laterally projecting side pieces of the pin and engage the seat surfaces to lock the two parts together. The top part also has a projection that presses down on the upper end of the pin when the pin is inserted into the top part to hold the seat surfaces of the pin tightly against the ends of the locking tongues. With this construction, when it is necessary to remove the molding, the top part can be slid in the longitudinal direction of the molding relative to the bottom part, the upper ends of the resilient locking tongues sliding along the seat surfaces until they are free thereof, to separate the top part with the molding secured thereto from the aid bottom part which remains secured to the panel.

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