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Re: VIN rivets
[Re: Stanton]
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08/20/15 05:08 PM
08/20/15 05:08 PM
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If you are picky the rivets from cuda junction were a closer match to the original ones from a 1969 St. Louis built B-body, the ECS ones had a smaller outside Diameter on the head, not sure if all plants were the same. Might be hard to tell once it is installed but it was noticeable enough for me to order the cuda junction ones after I got the ones from ECS. Not trying to bash ECS ether, nothing but good things to say about all their products.
1969 Coronet R/T Y2 Y2 P6X X9 V8X
1967 Satellite 383 4speed
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Re: VIN rivets
[Re: Stanton]
#1896119
08/20/15 07:41 PM
08/20/15 07:41 PM
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Interesting. The ones I got from ECS when I had to respray the steel dash in my Dad's 69 GTX vert (St. Louis plant) were the exact same size as what was in the car. Maybe it is because his car was an early 69 ? (SPO date of 10/3/68 )
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Re: VIN rivets
[Re: Stanton]
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08/24/15 12:21 PM
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The ones that I replaced were on a SPO dated 10/3/68 car from the St. Louis Plant. The ones from ECS were the same size. Who would have thought that I needed to take a pic to show a comparison for something like this on our car for future. lol. Seems like a lot of fuss over .024 which is about 25/1000 of an inch.
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Re: VIN rivets
[Re: 69Y2RT]
#1898797
08/25/15 01:14 AM
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Was there not originally two different length rivets ? Long for padded dashes and short for steel frames ?
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Re: VIN rivets
[Re: Stanton]
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08/25/15 10:41 AM
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What wear marks would there have been on the VIN tag? The only wear marks that I would imagine being there would be from trying to drill it out and the rivet spinning. If that is the case, it could have started wobbling ever so slightly when it was spinning in the hole. That itself could be enough of a variance to give you that .01 difference.
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Re: VIN rivets
[Re: Stanton]
#1899696
08/26/15 12:45 PM
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Every tag I have removed from a dash on an A or B-body, has had witness marks from the rivet heads.
'70 Super Bee 440 6 pack 4-spd 4.10 Dana N96 EB5 ‘70 Super Bee 440 6 pack 4-spd 3.54 Dana FC7 ‘70 ‘Cuda 440+6bbl 4-spd 3.54 Dana N96 EB5 V1W
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