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m22mike

01-30-2008, 10:37 PM

On a 69 Nova SS grill are the 4 flat head rivets @ the upper flange blacked out along with the blockout trim on the SS grill, or were they bare ?

BKH how do you guys do them ?

ref picture below. Thanks Mike

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/NovaSS1-08202.jpg

Mr. Chevy

01-30-2008, 11:30 PM

Mike, leave them bare or natural.. Attached is a picture of Joe Swezey's 69 SS Dana Nova restored by the Supercar Workshop.. Picture is kind of tiny but you can see the rivets were left natural. I acquired this photo from the 2006 Nova Nationals from the Nova Research Site... I also have some old, vintage photos here at home that show the rivets as natural from original, unrestored cars..

Rich http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY

01-30-2008, 11:55 PM

I always thought they were black http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

bkhpah

01-31-2008, 12:01 AM

We have in the past left them natural, but I think there is evidence they could go either way...BKH

Mr.Nickey Nova

01-31-2008, 03:10 AM

Mike,i have a 72 Nova SS and my are natural,never been repainted.

WILMASBOYL78

01-31-2008, 03:39 AM

Our survivor 70 L78 SS has black rivets....

wilma

m22mike

01-31-2008, 07:01 AM

Guys, thanks for the feedback. Interesting that they may have been both ways.
I find it strange that any painting was done after the upper support was riveted on, however it may have been a vendor thing ?? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
Maybe someone else will chime in.

Mike

bkhpah

01-31-2008, 07:03 AM

Its a lot easier to just paint the whole thing black. Perhaps age was also a cause for the paint to flake off the aluminum rivits...BKH http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY

01-31-2008, 05:44 PM

Exactly, I always thought that the alum rivets did not hold the paint very well. This is one of those things that is hard to figure out bec/ it's 38 years after the fact!

Kim_Howie

01-31-2008, 06:08 PM

The grill is blacked out on the SS cars and not on the standard car?? Maybe that is the reason.

WILMASBOYL78

01-31-2008, 06:48 PM

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The grill is blacked out on the SS cars and not on the standard car?? Maybe that is the reason.

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This is plain jane 6 1970...no black paint..our 69 6cyl is the same.

wilma

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