[TR] vin tags

[A Daniel Cronin]

Or put a dab of JB Weld in the hole..........
 A. Daniel Cronin
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From: "Dave1massey at cs.com"
<Dave1massey at cs.com>
To: ahwahnee18 at gmail.com; FGFO1 at aol.com
Cc:
triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:18:02 AM
Subject: Re:
[TR] vin tags

In a message dated 4/26/2009 7:38:42 PM Central Daylight Time,
ahwahnee18 at gmail.com writes: 
> I just used pop rivets of a similar size. 
Only slight difference I 
> noticed
> was that the center of the new rivet is
a hole whereas the original 
> appeared
> to have something in that hole.  I
could have probably duplicated that
> look but really didn't think it
important.
> 
> 
There are pop rivets and there are pop rivets.  I doubt the
factory used 
anything terribly exotic here but they probably used what is
sometimes called 
a closed end rivet.  This rivet doesn't leave a hole but is
solid.  This may 
have been an attempt to provide fewer entry points for
water.

http://www.hansonrivet.com/w22.htm

Dave
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