72 TA : New Project

[el hemi]

Bravo! . Steve...I see you are very near completion.

[njsteve]

Thanks to Norwood, one of the members here and on the PerformanceYears.com website, I have the correct shaker rivets.



My bodyman was very familiar with these types of rivets since he does a lot of Corvette work and they use a similar rivet, so he got the honor of installing them.

First step was drilling out the hole in the repaired fiberglass shaker lid:





The rivet mandrels:







The shaker is then set on top of the rivet and mandrel and the upper mandrel is gently tapped.

[njsteve]

As the rivet is being supported by the lower mandrel and not by the fiberglass, it prevents any damage to the surrounding fiberglass.



The peened over rivet:



The finished bottom and top:

[Jeff H]

Looks good Steve! Hope to see the car at Jackson Outlets this year. You should see the repair work being done to my fiberglass crossram hood! They do some really good work and it comes out looking just like the factory did it.