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1960 corvette rear door latch reinforcement plate rivets - how to install

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  • Daniel S.
    Very Frequent User
    • July 25, 2017
    • 117

    1960 corvette rear door latch reinforcement plate rivets - how to install

    Hi ,

    I thought I was home free with getting the doors primed and ran into the rear door latch reinforcement plate separating from the fiberglass. On the brighter side I guess it is good it happened now and not after the car was painted.

    Does anyone have a good method of attaching the reinforcement plate with solid rivets after I repair the fiberglass?

    Thanks

    Dan
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  • Terry D.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • May 31, 1987
    • 2691

    #2
    Re: 1960 corvette rear door latch reinforcement plate rivets - how to install

    How was it attached from the factory?

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    • Daniel S.
      Very Frequent User
      • July 25, 2017
      • 117

      #3
      Re: 1960 corvette rear door latch reinforcement plate rivets - how to install

      Hi Terry,
      It is attached with solid aluminum rivets. I just don't know a good way of mushrooming the rivet on the inside of the door. I can reach in there.

      Dan
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      • Richard M.
        Super Moderator
        • August 31, 1988
        • 11323

        #4
        Re: 1960 corvette rear door latch reinforcement plate rivets - how to install

        Dan, 3/16" Pop rivets, then slightly grind the heads to flatten them. Fill with JB weld, sand flat, then the paint will make them look typical.

        (Here's your pdf image, now a jpg )
        Screenshot_20240928_102204_Samsung Notes.jpg

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        • Daniel S.
          Very Frequent User
          • July 25, 2017
          • 117

          #5
          Re: 1960 corvette rear door latch reinforcement plate rivets - how to install

          Hi Richard,

          Great idea I feel like Im cheating .

          Thanks
          Dan

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          • Richard M.
            Super Moderator
            • August 31, 1988
            • 11323

            #6
            Re: 1960 corvette rear door latch reinforcement plate rivets - how to install

            Originally posted by Daniel Stairiker (63817)
            Hi Richard,

            Great idea I feel like Im cheating .

            Thanks
            Dan
            Dan, "Improvising" is another term when restoring something that the factory did on the line.

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