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- First Name: Scott
- Last Name: Wendt
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 Fordor
- Location: Portland Maine
How do you...
connect this little bugger through the leather pieces into the lower hood ends. I do not have any tool small enough to flatten the little supplied rivet.
Any input would be great and Thanks in advance.
Any input would be great and Thanks in advance.
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- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 Canadian coupe, 1924 TT C-cab, 1924 runabout
- Location: Charlevoix, Mi
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Re: How do you...
Support the rivet head on a buck, use a center punch to flair the rivet, then a ball peen hammer to form the mushroom.
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Re: How do you...
The proper tool is a rivet clincher. It is designed to role the edges of the tube rivet over (used on Model T ignition switch rivets). You could try to use a some punches, one to spread the tube and the other to flatten - chance of success about 40%. Or just replace the tube rivet with a split rive (washer optional).
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Re: How do you...
Note….You don’t rivet them on the way they come out of the package. They are folded where the rivet goes through 4 pieces.


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- First Name: Scott
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Re: How do you...
Thanks for the pictures and that piece of paper work...I used to have that somewhere when I opened the package last year, per usual just getting to it now. I will try Langs ect for that rivet punch.
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I just applied a little silicone adhesive on both sides and clamped it in place with a small wood block on either side. Two years on the leather is holding great.
1917 Touring
1946 Aeronca Champ
1952 Willys M38a1 Jeep (sold 2023)
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1946 Aeronca Champ
1952 Willys M38a1 Jeep (sold 2023)
1953 Ford Jubilee Tractor
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An EXCELLENT source for rivets and the proper punches and tools to install them is "Hanson Rivet and Supply Co" of Pacoima, California. Their phone number is 818-485-0500. If you use the correct tools for the rivet you need to install, it will be done in 5 seconds, and will look perfect.
Or you can half-mule it, and look at those results for the next 40 years.
It's your choice.
Or you can half-mule it, and look at those results for the next 40 years.
It's your choice.