[Healeys] Trunk/boot lip rivets

[Ron Fine]

If the solid rivets don’t work out, you might try using a pop rivet that is solid on the bottom.  From the bottom they look like a solid rivet.  I then put a dab of filler in the small hole on top and smoothed it off with my finger.  Unless you looked really hard, it would be difficult to tell them from the original solid rivets after painting.  

Ron 
61BN7

From: Michael 
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 7:20 PM
To: Andy Thorp ; healeys at autox.team.net 
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Trunk/boot lip rivets

I have had success using a pair of Vicegrip  "C" pliers.
They have sufficient squeeze power to set those rivers but smacking the jaws with a hammer makes sure.
Best to use a small nut and bolt in the adjacent hole to pull the the parts together.

Michael S
BN1 #174

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From: Andy Thorp
Sent: ‎7/‎01/‎2016 10:14 p.m.
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Trunk/boot lip rivets


Hi Guys,

Has anyone come up with a way of installing the original solid rivets into the lip boot opening lip? The ones that you can't get anything up inside the chassis frame to buck the rivets.

I've seen some people using pop rivets and so on but I'd rather use the correct type if there is any way to tighten them up

Andy.
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