Yes they should be rivnuts, but the PO obviously got frustrated and drilled
through. I haven't put my lamiplate in yet, so I am debating a solution
At 10:01 AM 8/25/00 -0700, you wrote:
>As I go picking through what previous owners did to
>SB1135, I'm trying to figure out what may have been
>"original" and what is not.
>
>For example... Bolts holding the wings on: rear
>portions of front wings, there are bolts which pass
>through wing, outer ally panel and inner "lamiplate"
>panel. The effect is that the inner and outer panels
>are squeezed to the point that there's very obvious
>distortion to the outer body panel. Can this be right?
>And if not, were "rivnuts" and bolts the proper
>attachment method?
>
>If anyone can recommend a guide to this kind of
>detail, I'd greatly appreciate it! (I've got Tony
>Weale's book which has some good info, but I needs
>lots more!)
>
>Though I haven't photographed it yet, the
>brazed/welded on plate on the chassis almost certainly
>reads 165. It's the six in the middle that's up for
>question... might be another five, but it's certainly
>a three digit number, with no letter indicating Arch
>or otherwise... Flemming, can you check that with Mike
>Ostrov?
>
>Thanks,
>John D
>'62 Seven SB1135
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