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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">This is excellent information and a detail most would overlook. I reduced the cap diameter of an otherwise correctly sized aluminum pop rivet then glued a short length of the shaft in place to smoothly fill the hole. It's very difficult to tell the difference from the factory rivet. I thought this detail was important and I kept the original commission plate although it shows it's age. </span></span>
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On 06/20/2020 8:47 AM Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com> wrote:
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Yes, I think I was able to find the correct rivets for both early cars (a drive rivet, not a "pop" rivet) and late cars (a closed-end rivet). If not exact, they're *very* close. I probably have many dozens of them -- certainly several lifetime's supply -- because I had to order a bunch to get a few.
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Here's are details front and back of the early drive rivet.
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<a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-LdxQ2BM/0/c84b7900/O/i-LdxQ2BM.jpg">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-LdxQ2BM/0/c84b7900/O/i-LdxQ2BM.jpg</a>
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Send me a note off-list, Brian, and we'll see what we can do.
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BR,
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On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 10:35 AM Brian Thomas <
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Hi,
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<br>I'm looking to replicate the 4 rivets used to mount the commission plate on my TR2.
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<br>Pop rivets I am familiar with have a hollow center when the rivet is installed. The ones used to hold the plate leaves a metal cap in this opening.
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<br>Has anyone had success finding this type of rivet?
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<br>FYI, Rimmers shows "713531 - Pop Rivet - Closed End Type - 1/8 inch x 1/4 inch" for this application and TRF subs 554407 for this. As 554407 is also used to hold down the chrome capping on the top of a TR4A windshield (which I have), I had a look and the rivets used there are also hollow ...
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<br>92 Wyona Lane Phone: 613-385-1947
<br>Wolfe Island, Ontario Toys: 54 TR2, 56 TR3, 67 TR4A,
<br>Canada K0H 2Y0 01 XKR, 75 John Deere 920
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