Doing a wonderful job in the process my friend. On the accessibility to get the revit gun to drive right in to it, I drilled a hole, then drove the revit ,then I welded a cover piece to enclose the access.
I hope your rumble lid fits better than my new trunk lid from Brookville does. Mine has the common fitment issue on the bottom but also along both sides.
Is the issue that it’s too wide? Mine is too. I think you’re meant to hammer the edge over a little bit to tailor the fit. You can see that the edge seems on mine aren’t at perfect 90’s...heck, they’re almost a 45’s. I remember on an old tv show seeing somebody lay the lid on it’s side on a 2x6, and then set another 2x6 on the opposite side and give the center of the board a couple whacks with a mallet. Took them a few tries to kind of “compress” the sides (smack it and check, repeat, etc). I’m sure it will be fun...
@@crazycaseyscustoms I have the lid hinged, have a big gap on top left/ bottom right and tight on top right/ bottom left. The lid and opening both measure square. I've been dreading dealing with this. Thanks for the tips, I may have to get brutal with it.
Hey, I hope I helped,@@jeep4752. Hopefully in a week or two I will have a video that covers this topic in more depth. The in-laws are visiting this week, so it might be tricky to put a new video together, but I’m trying for one per week.
Great idea on the button heads...I've been in that same position and use the clamp style rivets but they are softer metal and leave a ugly star finish on the underside of rivet after they are smashed down
Thanks Ron! I was hoping that I wouldn’t get too beat up about it being a “hack” thing to do. When you say “clamp style”, are you referring to standard rivets using a “rivet pincher”, or are you talking about pop rivets, or...?
Not necessarily. Though it does allow you to more easily replace a panel of it get’s damaged, and it more closely emulates the way the cars were built originally. I know people who will spot weld the panels together, but try to make the spot welds look like rivets. Anyway…to each their own.
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Doing a wonderful job in the process my friend. On the accessibility to get the revit gun to drive right in to it, I drilled a hole, then drove the revit ,then I welded a cover piece to enclose the access.
Huh. I honestly never thought of that. That’s a great idea…
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I hope your rumble lid fits better than my new trunk lid from Brookville does. Mine has the common fitment issue on the bottom but also along both sides.
Is the issue that it’s too wide? Mine is too. I think you’re meant to hammer the edge over a little bit to tailor the fit. You can see that the edge seems on mine aren’t at perfect 90’s...heck, they’re almost a 45’s. I remember on an old tv show seeing somebody lay the lid on it’s side on a 2x6, and then set another 2x6 on the opposite side and give the center of the board a couple whacks with a mallet. Took them a few tries to kind of “compress” the sides (smack it and check, repeat, etc). I’m sure it will be fun...
@@crazycaseyscustoms I have the lid hinged, have a big gap on top left/ bottom right and tight on top right/ bottom left. The lid and opening both measure square. I've been dreading dealing with this. Thanks for the tips, I may have to get brutal with it.
You probably will, @@jeep4752, but go slow. Mine won’t even fit within the hole. 😂
@@crazycaseyscustoms fun times! Thanks for the advice!
Hey, I hope I helped,@@jeep4752. Hopefully in a week or two I will have a video that covers this topic in more depth. The in-laws are visiting this week, so it might be tricky to put a new video together, but I’m trying for one per week.
Great idea on the button heads...I've been in that same position and use the clamp style rivets but they are softer metal and leave a ugly star finish on the underside of rivet after they are smashed down
Thanks Ron! I was hoping that I wouldn’t get too beat up about it being a “hack” thing to do. When you say “clamp style”, are you referring to standard rivets using a “rivet pincher”, or are you talking about pop rivets, or...?
Wow! Looks great! Thank you.
Thanks Al! Miss getting to see you all the time...
Another enjoyable and informative episode, thanks again.
Thank YOU, Gordon.
Is Putting the panels on with screws better than welding them on?
Not necessarily. Though it does allow you to more easily replace a panel of it get’s damaged, and it more closely emulates the way the cars were built originally. I know people who will spot weld the panels together, but try to make the spot welds look like rivets. Anyway…to each their own.
@@crazycaseyscustoms sounds good to me 👌