Originally Posted by
chevynut
I see Mr. Nomad selling rivets but an article I have from CCI doesn't say anything about rivets.
Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. Trying to get stuff ready while I sand on the body.
CCI use to recommend flat head screws, but if you have a rivet setting tool that would be better.
Your frame is not going to see much moisture, if any at all, I just bead blast and paint. I don't think they have had anything on them for 60 years.
I use a rubber cleaner first on the U shaped rubber, wash and dry, then a light coat of lube or silicone--no petroleum--and slide the bottom side on first. Use your thumbs to get it in the lower corner channel then stand it up on a bench with the back side laying on the bench and the two ends sticking up. Lay the back part of your hand on the rubber and push rocking back and forth, keeping it tight in the bottom corner. With the lube it goes on easy in just two minutes. I do the top screws last, but it takes a little time to get the holes lined up on the top though. Pay attention to the length of the screws on top that they don't stick through enough to hit the window chrome.
The window can go in after the frame is in the car. After cutting a hole in the rubber for the stem, I push the window stem down in the hole from the outside. When it is down enough that you can turn the window sideways, then tip it toward the back until you can slip it in the rubber channel, and move it back to the middle and in the hole of the upper part.
A lot of the vent regulators are missing the bottom cap which keeps the worm gear aligned, but you are not using the manual regulators anyway.