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Re: [Healeys] Rivet Refresher

To: Mark LaPierre <lapierrem@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Rivet Refresher
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 06:21:09 -0700
The 100 we're restoring has the bonnet fastened to the cowl support with pop 
rivets.  I presume the 6-cyl cars are assemble the same way, but can't say 
definitively.

Bob


Mark LaPierre wrote:
> I am in the process of reinstalling my front shroud but cannot remember if
> rivets were
> used in this application.   Please inform.
> 
> It's the Cockpit lip of the shroud, just above the dashboard.    # 8 flathead
> screws with nuts seem to work but it doesn't seem right to me for some reason.
> Is this a Pop rivet area?
> 
> Also how necessary is the use of an adhesive under the front shroud.  Don't
> the mega zillion fasteners hold it quietly in place?
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> Thanks,  Mark



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