Bob Zetnick Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Does anyone have a close-up photo of '29 DA hood lacing at the radiator? I don't know what attaches it to the radiator shell and any photos I have aren't close enough......screws? rivits? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylormade Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 My 32 DL uses split rivets, and, if I remember correctly, so did the 29 Plymouth I restored 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Zetnick Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 (edited) As Taylormade stated....split rivets. My N.O.S. 1931 shell....yours are probably supposed to be the same.... Edited June 13, 2017 by keiser31 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Zetnick Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 Thanks John! I appreciate the photos! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Zetnick Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 John, by the way could I get a photo of your '31 on the upper A pillar where windshield and door meet?...just if you get a chance.....trying to figure out how all that stuff meets there for my DA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Don't know if it will help since it is a couple of years different, but here you go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I will go get some more recent closeups.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 (edited) Hard to get a good shot with the backlit photos....as you can see....no upholstery or headliner.... Edited June 13, 2017 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 The parts book shows those split rivets as black enamel for the 1930 DC and probably others. Those above look like they also might have been BE (the parts book code). It may be the same for the DA. Mine currently has chrome plated high tensile steel (they are hard to open and not very ductile, so break). Well, it had, I took them out a couple of weeks ago. They look like they were installed with a special tool too. It rolls the legs over rather than flattens them. Much more effective at a rigid hold? Here is one. Should be easy enough to file or grind one up. We need it as a pair of pliers rather than a punch. This web site shows both. http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/tools/ts216.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Zetnick Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 Thanks John for interior shots....and thanks Spinneyhill for the shot of that split rivit tool...never have seen one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylormade Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Keiser, what type of hinge do you have on your windshield? My 32 DL has a weird setup with a rod sticking out of each side of the windshield frame that locates into rubber fittings at the top inside of the window opening. My rubber fittings are rock hard and badly distorted and I'm trying to figure out how to address this problem. Any chance you have the same setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Taylormade said: Keiser, what type of hinge do you have on your windshield? My 32 DL has a weird setup with a rod sticking out of each side of the windshield frame that locates into rubber fittings at the top inside of the window opening. My rubber fittings are rock hard and badly distorted and I'm trying to figure out how to address this problem. Any chance you have the same setup? Mine is a simple piano hinge. It has no other areas attached to the opening except that hinge with I believe 10-screws holding it to the top of the windshield opening and the two slide and thumbscrew/wingbolt brackets to hold it open. The first photo shows the hinge and screws. Edited June 13, 2017 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylormade Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I was afraid of that. Sometimes I'd like to strangle the chief engineer on the DL! Could you get a shot of the top of your windshield from the outside so I can see what the hinge looks like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Here is a 1931 DG8 windshield and top hinge the same as mine. Then the shot of the DH6 windshield in the car, outside driver's side corner under the visor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Here are the mounting holes for my windshield.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Zetnick Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 hmmmm, that last picture you posted John may help me too! I had an extra piece that looked like part of windshield, but couldn't figure it out....I'll have to check in the garage, but I think it's that inverted "lip" piece that your windshield screws too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylormade Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Apparently losing the windshield visor in 32 caused the change - I guess they thought the hinge sticking out would be a styling faux pas and they went with the hidden system used on my car which gives a totally flat windshield with no round projection at the top of the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Have not had success posting pictures before, may have to email them. But I will try again. These pictures are of an unrestored '29 deluxe sedan. Don't know if header panel will be the same if yours is a standard. First, my rivets are brass split rivets, not steel, much easier to work with too. The header panel is upholstered right down to the windshield frame on the inside. Outside looks pretty much like John's pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 If that worked here is two more. Number 6 shows the corner at the passenger door, upholstery goes down the door frame. Number 7 is from the outside, mostly like John's '31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Careful with brass rivets. They will promote galvanic rust around the hole they are in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Zetnick Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Thanks Doug for the photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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