Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/5/19 9:56:27

I know the part came off the car from an obvious place. I know I will kick myself. It may have been on the shell, the splasher, the fender...with these things apart it's not obvious. Here's a pic of the split rivet I removed from the car. I would not put it past the resto shop that painted the car in 1971 to have replaced the original, but I got split rivets, added a washer on the back. These things are removable. The brass screw together rivets I've seen are flat headed. The aluminum ones have very big heads. This head may be bigger that it should be. These appear to have been plated with a white metal.

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