69 Nova SS Grill rivet color

[m22mike]

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

[Mr. Chevy]

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

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I always thought they were black

[bkhpah]

We have in the past left them natural, but I think there is evidence they could go either way...BKH

[Mr.Nickey Nova]

Mike,i have a 72 Nova SS and my are natural,never been repainted.

[WILMASBOYL78]

Our survivor 70 L78 SS has black rivets....


wilma

[m22mike]

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 ??
Maybe someone else will chime in.

Mike

[bkhpah]

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

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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]

The grill is blacked out on the SS cars and not on the standard car?? Maybe that is the reason.