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10-28-2019, 09:25 AM | #1 |
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Pickup bed rivets...
Has any body restored a Model A pickup bed?
The rivets used are unlike those used on the frame and other like items in relation the the head of the rivet. Ones used on the frame and such have a somewhat more rounded head than those on the pickup bed. That being the case...where can I get rivets that are correct to rivet items to the bed to make it more original looking? Will contact Big Rivets today. Thanks. Pluck Last edited by Steve Plucker; 10-28-2019 at 10:30 AM. |
10-28-2019, 09:35 AM | #2 |
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Re: Pickup bed rivets...
OK...I found them...they are reffered to as "Brazier Head" rivets.
From Big Flat Rivets. Pluck |
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10-28-2019, 10:10 AM | #3 | |
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Re: Pickup bed rivets...
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Pluck, I believe you will find the modern day "brazier head" rivets will not match original rivet heads. I bought the Big Flat Rivets package for installing my 82-A closed cab floor pan. The rivet heads have a larger diameter and are flatter. Searching the Internet shows these rivets are about the best one will find. I may machine the heads to a smaller diameter (for those which show around the seat riser).
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10-28-2019, 10:34 AM | #4 |
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Re: Pickup bed rivets...
You are right Neil...That is going to take a lot of machining! Fortunatly I am just replacing the front panel and the back "U" part.
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10-28-2019, 11:33 AM | #5 |
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Re: Pickup bed rivets...
Pluck, when restoring my truck I also found some of the needed rivets were either hard to locate or were non-obtanium. I made my own when necessary.
Example in point: you can take a common round head rivet and invert the head from a half round headed rivet to a flat head countersunk one. Simply take a countersink bit and make a buck. Take half inch thick steel stock, drill through with the shank size needed, and finish with a counter sink giving the needed head diameter. Heat the base rivet and drop it in the buck, strike the dome head flat to fill the countersink with a 2 pound sledge. You now have the perfect flat countersink rivet. Hope this is clear enough. Similar techniques are easily fashioned for other rivet characteristics. I found them all to be easily reproduced. |
10-28-2019, 02:54 PM | #6 |
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10-28-2019, 09:23 PM | #7 |
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Re: Pickup bed rivets...
macks moberly,mo
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