C2 Ignition Shield Front Ground Clip

[Gerard F.]

Well, I successfully turned a 10 minute job into an afternoon affair again.

But it didn't turn out too bad:


Here's what I started with:


I'll bet that there are lots of drivers with a clip that looks like that. Mine broke off in 69.

The big problem I found was trying to set the little rivets in the inside:


No way to get in there with a rivet set punch and hammer, and be able to hold everything together with only two hands. I figured they used some type of pressing machine in the factory.

So I jury-rigged a rivet set out of a hole punch:


The backing for the rivet head was just a 3/8" bolt with a modified head:


The punching part was a 1/4" hole punch from a smaller punch set, which just nicely fit into the driving portion of this 3" offset hole punch.

It was pretty awkward to set the rivets with this contraption, and a little contact cement on the rivet and washer substituted for the third hand. But it didn't come out too shabby:


(Incidentally, when I took the original off, I found remnants of glue under the clip at each rivet. Looks like the factory guys also needed a third hand )

Had a fun afternoon

Jerry Fuccillo
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[John H.]

Re: C2 Ignition Shield Front Ground Clip

Nice work, Jerry! Keep on having fun and sharing the results with us

[Gerard F.]

Re: C2 Ignition Shield Front Ground Clip

John,

How did they originally set those rivets? In St. Louis, or did they come from the vendor with the clip?

Inquiring minds wanna know. Maybe there's a story in this.

Regards,

Jerry Fuccillo
#42179

[John H.]

Re: C2 Ignition Shield Front Ground Clip

Jerry -

That clip came already riveted to the upper shield from the vendor; St. Louis only applied the snap-in one on the back side that contacted the tach cable ferrule.

[Tracy C.]

Re: C2 Ignition Shield Front Ground Clip

Jerry,

Most likely they used a pneumatic rivet squeeze like this one.

tc

[Mike M.]

Thats Backwards

I did mine this way. I put the bucking tool inside and put some tape over the rivet head so as not to scratch the chrome. Pounded on the outside head with the correct size rivet set. Had a little piece of rubber over the rivet shaft to hold the washer tight. Sounds like your doing it backwards by pounding on the shaft.

[Joe C.]

Re: C2 Ignition Shield Front Ground Clip

It looks great, Jerry!