Vin tag rivet ?

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:16 pm

Where do you get a close or even exact looking rivet? and what is the best way to remove the one from your old rusted out door to put on the new donor door?

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:18 pm

i have wondered the same thing myself. and i don't know. if someone know please speak up. those rivets remind me more of a tarp gromet

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:33 pm

on my slick i punched the center out with a screwdriver and then crimped it with a pair of pliers. i don't know about any exact replacements.

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:35 pm

would a normal pop rivet work?

68F250 · Post by **68F250** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:35 pm

I've seen them on ebay and I think Marti Auto Works sells them too.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:45 pm

this may be it. it is a pdf file so you will need adobe:

allthe way at the bottom in the middle:

http://amkproducts.com/Catalog_PDF/158-169.pdf

Post by **FORDification** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:59 pm

Check out this thread:

http://fordification.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=880

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:28 pm

well that was stupid of me. i have been drilling out those rivets for the last two trucks i have parted out.

68F250 · Post by **68F250** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:18 pm

Here's some, they're similar to a lot of GM's.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/64-65-66 ... dZViewItem

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:28 am

i emailed the ebay guy and he said i didn't need a special tool to use these he said just use a center punch to punch out the middle of the rivet. that sounds great to me. if i only had a use for them now. maybe i should get a set or two now.

71 LONG BED · Post by **71 LONG BED** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:38 am

Slightly off topic, when moving a VIN tag from an original door to a replacement door, what happens when the VIN has paint on it? Maybe the VIN tag wasn't taped off and has green paint on it, and the door is red. Is there a way to remove the paint but not the black ink?

Big D's 69 · Post by **Big D's 69** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:05 am

71 LONG BED wrote:Slightly off topic, when moving a VIN tag from an original door to a replacement door, what happens when the VIN has paint on it? Maybe the VIN tag wasn't taped off and has green paint on it, and the door is red. Is there a way to remove the paint but not the black ink?

YOu can either use a razor blade and scrape it off real carefully or use some laquor thinner real carefully and clean it up.

FoMoCo · Post by **FoMoCo** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:07 am

Hey all. I used a drill to the back side of the rivot and then glue the rivot head to the plate. It looks like it was never removed. Watch using the thinnners on the plate. I had some bad luck once. It grayed out the print.

Nick

Big D's 69 · Post by **Big D's 69** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:17 am

FoMoCo wrote:Hey all. I used a drill to the back side of the rivot and then glue the rivot head to the plate. It looks like it was never removed. Watch using the thinnners on the plate. I had some bad luck once. It grayed out the print.

Nick

Yeah on tht thinner that is why I said be real careful.

71 LONG BED · Post by **71 LONG BED** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:24 am

I have one I could practice on. I guess I'll see what works best on that one.

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