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Restoring - General discussions that span across many different groups of years and models => Interior & Trunk => Topic started by: drummingrocks on December 01, 2014, 11:43:28 AM
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Years ago, I ran across a really nice '65 glovebox door. The chrome would clean up very well, but the running horse emblem was so pitted it looked awful. I know the original emblem was sort of bradded in place. I bought a reproduction emblem to put on, but didn't see any way to install it like the factory did. Since the backside of the glovebox door is visible when opened, I wanted the bradded area to at least look decent.
I know NPD sells some kind of tool that's supposed to correctly seat rivets; is this what I would need to do the glovebox emblem too? Is it possible to do this job with maybe a vise or a press and regular center punches? I hate to buy the tool and only use it once.
Thanks for any advice! :D
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You'll need a press head to roll the end of the shaft like a tubular rivet.
An arbor press or rivet squeezer with large jaw will work. Or, just buy the rivet end press bit and tap the end with a hammer.
(http://home.earthlink.net/~billg4me/pinball/rivet/rivetsettool.jpg)
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You'll need a press head to roll the end of the shaft like a tubular rivet.
An arbor press or rivet squeezer with large jaw will work. Or, just buy the rivet end press bit and tap the end with a hammer.
(http://home.earthlink.net/~billg4me/pinball/rivet/rivetsettool.jpg)
Thanks, Charles, seems simple enough!