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m22mike 01-30-2008 10:37 PM

69 Nova SS Grill rivet color
 
On a 69 Nova SS grill are the 4 flat head rivets @ the upper flange blacked out along with the blockout trim on the SS grill, or were they bare ?

BKH how do you guys do them ?

ref picture below. Thanks Mike

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...aSS1-08202.jpg

Mr. Chevy 01-30-2008 11:30 PM

Re: 69 Nova SS Grill rivet color
 
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Mike, leave them bare or natural.. Attached is a picture of Joe Swezey's 69 SS Dana Nova restored by the Supercar Workshop.. Picture is kind of tiny but you can see the rivets were left natural. I acquired this photo from the 2006 Nova Nationals from the Nova Research Site... I also have some old, vintage photos here at home that show the rivets as natural from original, unrestored cars..

Rich https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY 01-30-2008 11:55 PM

Re: 69 Nova SS Grill rivet color
 
I always thought they were black https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

bkhpah 01-31-2008 12:01 AM

Re: 69 Nova SS Grill rivet color
 
We have in the past left them natural, but I think there is evidence they could go either way...BKH

Mr.Nickey Nova 01-31-2008 03:10 AM

Re: 69 Nova SS Grill rivet color
 
Mike,i have a 72 Nova SS and my are natural,never been repainted.

WILMASBOYL78 01-31-2008 03:39 AM

Re: 69 Nova SS Grill rivet color
 
Our survivor 70 L78 SS has black rivets....


wilma

m22mike 01-31-2008 07:01 AM

Re: 69 Nova SS Grill rivet color
 
Guys, thanks for the feedback. Interesting that they may have been both ways.
I find it strange that any painting was done after the upper support was riveted on, however it may have been a vendor thing ?? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif
Maybe someone else will chime in.

Mike

bkhpah 01-31-2008 07:03 AM

Re: 69 Nova SS Grill rivet color
 
Its a lot easier to just paint the whole thing black. Perhaps age was also a cause for the paint to flake off the aluminum rivits...BKH https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY 01-31-2008 05:44 PM

Re: 69 Nova SS Grill rivet color
 
Exactly, I always thought that the alum rivets did not hold the paint very well. This is one of those things that is hard to figure out bec/ it's 38 years after the fact!

Kim_Howie 01-31-2008 06:08 PM

Re: 69 Nova SS Grill rivet color
 
The grill is blacked out on the SS cars and not on the standard car?? Maybe that is the reason.


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