Your welcome Jack glad that I could be of some help. The paint work looks really nice. I'm staying tuned until you get it back together, it's going to look like a new ashtray when you're done. Thank you for offering to pay it forward.
Ashtray Rivets - 69 GTX and others
- Thread starter Jack Luckhowec
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OK; so my ashtray restoration is complete. The 9/64" rivets provided by Geetex are perfect. Here are the pictures assembling and the finished product.
I drilled out the original rivets, bead blasted the ashtray door inside & out, and the inside of the ashtray. Painted the ashtray door & knob Bayou Green Metallic Suede.
I purchased the correct driver and anvil to install the rivets. It was really easy to cinch the rivets with the driver. It looks amazing!!
Let me know who needs rivets, PM your address and I will get them in the mail to you. I am also willing to share my driver.
Jack
I drilled out the original rivets, bead blasted the ashtray door inside & out, and the inside of the ashtray. Painted the ashtray door & knob Bayou Green Metallic Suede.
I purchased the correct driver and anvil to install the rivets. It was really easy to cinch the rivets with the driver. It looks amazing!!
Let me know who needs rivets, PM your address and I will get them in the mail to you. I am also willing to share my driver.
Jack
Send me your address, will get them in the mail on Monday
Bought both on Amazon, here are the descriptions; let me know if you still cannot find them, it was difficult, but these work perfectly!!
1) Squeezer DIE for Oval/Truss Head Rivets with A 7/32" /.218 Head Diameter, 1/2" Height.187 Shank Diameter.437 Shank Length. Hansen Rivet: # SQ-4-10
2) HT-174 Hand Rivet Clincher for 1/8" Diameter Tubular Rivets. Designed to BE Used in Conjunction with A Hammer to Clinch/ROLL Tubular Rivets. Hansen Rivet: #HT-174
Bought both on Amazon, here are the descriptions; let me know if you still cannot find them, it was difficult, but these work perfectly!!
1) Squeezer DIE for Oval/Truss Head Rivets with A 7/32" /.218 Head Diameter, 1/2" Height.187 Shank Diameter.437 Shank Length. Hansen Rivet: # SQ-4-10
2) HT-174 Hand Rivet Clincher for 1/8" Diameter Tubular Rivets. Designed to BE Used in Conjunction with A Hammer to Clinch/ROLL Tubular Rivets. Hansen Rivet: #HT-174
Correct, the rivets are 1/8" diameter with 7/32" dia heads and 9/64" long
Good Morning Jesse,
Please send your address, I will drop the rivets in the mail tomorrow
Jack
hunt2elk
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Hey Jack, I will buy a few of your extra rivets. Am I looking at this right, the squeezer you used was $200?
The tools cost ~ $40. Here are the links:
https://www.amazon.com/SQUEEZER-RIVETS-DIAMETER-HEIGHT-LENGTH/dp/B0134NARDE
https://www.amazon.com/HT-174-WR-Rivet-Clincher-Diameter-Conjunction/dp/B07HJG5HLM
Send me your address and I will drop a few in an envelope
Jack
https://www.amazon.com/SQUEEZER-RIVETS-DIAMETER-HEIGHT-LENGTH/dp/B0134NARDE
https://www.amazon.com/HT-174-WR-Rivet-Clincher-Diameter-Conjunction/dp/B07HJG5HLM
Send me your address and I will drop a few in an envelope
Jack
hunt2elk
Well-Known Member
Thanks, that's better than $200. You then squeeze them in a vise?
Correct; I put the piece that holds the head in the vice, put the assembled ashtray on top, then cinched manually with a small hammer. Here is a video.
Jack
Jack
Jack that came out great, that was a nice clean ashtray that you started with. Beautiful job.
I was just thinking, maybe one of the mods can move this thread to a different forum so that more people will see it, it may be of help to others also. @kiwigtx
I was just thinking, maybe one of the mods can move this thread to a different forum so that more people will see it, it may be of help to others also. @kiwigtx
Shifted to Technical/Interior for now.
Its scary at first, but its the only way to do it right!!
With the correct rivets and cinching tools, it will come out PERFECT!!
Glad you took the leap; let me know if you need anything??
Jack
hunt2elk
Well-Known Member
Looks pretty straigtforward. Curious if you were you able to get Amazon to combine shipping on the 2 tools somehow since they are coming from the same place?
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