C2 - GLOVE BOX DOOR FACTORY RIVITS

[Glenn Ochs]

I recently paid all the money for an NOS 67 Vette glove box door assembly(pn 3874599). It is no doubt new,one of the lower mounting holes isn't even drilled right through and the condition shows it is so. What concerns me is how crudely the rivits on the rear of the door,holding the halves together,are installed. The paint is removed and there are sharper edges on all of them. The rivits do appear to be "machine" applied, but I'm still leery. Can anyone offer something as to if this might be correct? Thanks again

[Scott Marzahl]

Re: C2 - GLOVE BOX DOOR FACTORY RIVITS

The door doen't use rivets per say, the fron casting has stubs sticking up that were peened over to hold the pieces together. You can use a small drill and tap to add a screw to a missing "rivet" position and then fill the head with epoxy and shape it to look like a "rivet". That is how the doors are repaired today when installing new brushed aluminum faces and emblems.

[Glenn Ochs]

Re: C2 - GLOVE BOX DOOR FACTORY RIVITS

When I second look at this that's what it is. The "pin" from the front is centre peened to go over a small thin washer. The machine that peened the pin leaves the crudeness I am talking about. This door probably is what it's reported to be afterall. Thanks for the info. Glenn

[Rob A.]

Re: C2 - GLOVE BOX DOOR FACTORY RIVITS

I have seen "new" GM replacement glove box doors, which have the proper "riveted" door. If the door is orignal, it will also have no wrinkles in the curved area on the back. I have had both original and replacement doors. The back is in fact held to the front by peening over the studs that are actually part of the outer door assembly.

[John H.]

Re: C2 - GLOVE BOX DOOR FACTORY RIVITS

Actually, the studs that are part of the front frame die-casting were "spin-riveted" after the inner stamping was assembled, with no "washers". It was done in a drill press-type fixture with a spinning tool that resembled the center 1/3 of a sphere on a shank with a tiny "tit" on the bottom to center it in the hollow end of the protruding stud. As the tool spun and pressure was applied, the rotating partial-spherical surface rolled over the walls of the hollow stud against the stamped inner panel and gave the finished appearance of a hollow rivet. Worked great, but obviously doesn't lend itself to serviceability.

[Glenn Ochs]

Re: C2 - GLOVE BOX DOOR FACTORY RIVITS

YOU NAILED IT! That's what this is. You can see the "spin marks" in the door around the pins. As someone mentioned, this door also has the ripple effect of the NOS part on the outer edge on the inner panel. From a NCRS judging standpoint, how would this door rate? Thanks again.

[Rob A.]

Re: C2 - GLOVE BOX DOOR FACTORY RIVITS

I sold my GM replacement door, which had the "wrinkles", although it was "riveted" correctly. I bought a used, original, which had no "wrinkles" and also was fastened together correctly. I did this based on the info in the judging manual, which identifies doors with the wrinkled area as non-original. There is a corvette parts yard in my area with over 20 original doors. After looking at all of them, I see that the information in the manual is correct. All of them, without exception, were without the wrinkled skin.