My '67 had a couple of these rivets ripped out of the door due to rusty hinges and a former owner forcing the door back and forth against the rust. The rivets finally fatigued.
Flathead screws and locking nuts with washers fixed the problem once the remains of the offending rivets were removed. Chuck Kuecker Mike wrote: > Riveted. IIRC, big, countersunk rivets. > You wouldn't be able to replace them with rivets, but you could drill and > punch them out,and possibly replace them with countersunk bolts and nuts. > Anyone else done this? Why? > > Mike B. > > > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
