The Ford Barn

39portlander · 08-24-2022, 07:35 PM

I have another name for these little buggars but for now hope this helps the next guy doing this.

After getting the outer chrome trim pared with the shell lacing and lined up with the tiny grille holes

the pictured Vise-grip GV-10 worked best folding over the ends of these little rivets due to the radius of the jaws not chipping/scratching the finish.

Lawson Cox · 08-24-2022, 07:56 PM

You need to 'splain a little better. Then again, maybe it is only me you left wondering what you are trying to describe.

nelsb01 · 08-24-2022, 08:39 PM

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Time to make a tool.
I believe that you are trying to split the split rivet.
Find yourself an old railroad spike. Cut it in half down the middle and then grind the pointed end, so that it is till pointed, but not as pointed as original. You want a point but then the remaining of the pointed end to be fat. This way, the point will go into the split of the rivet, and then with a tap, you will split the rivet so that you can then finish the bending of the ends over.
Hope you get the idea.

08-24-2022, 07:56 PM	#2
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: Grille shell rivets..... You need to 'splain a little better. Then again, maybe it is only me you left wondering what you are trying to describe. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

08-24-2022, 08:39 PM	#3
nelsb01 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Up North Posts: 627	Re: Grille shell rivets..... Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Time to make a tool. I believe that you are trying to split the split rivet. Find yourself an old railroad spike. Cut it in half down the middle and then grind the pointed end, so that it is till pointed, but not as pointed as original. You want a point but then the remaining of the pointed end to be fat. This way, the point will go into the split of the rivet, and then with a tap, you will split the rivet so that you can then finish the bending of the ends over. Hope you get the idea.