Fasteners for radiator hood lacing

sach

What type of fasteners are used to attach the hood lacing around the radiator shell. The holes are a tad smaller than
1/4" in diameter, in the radiator shell. Rivets seem to be out of the question.

54coupe

They are called split rivets.

sach

54coupe - - I have split rivets in the cowl lacing and they are only 1/8" in diameter. The holes in the radiator shell are much larger, Just under 1/4" in diameter. Are split rivets original equipment parts for this assembly ? Thanks, Sach.

54coupe

What year is your car? My 30's-50's Hudsons use drive screws on the cowl. The split rivets come in many sizes. My 20's and 30's cars use split rivets on the grille shell.

barrysweet52

I think they are called biflocated rivets

Lance

They are called drives screws as 54 coupe indicated. They are available from Restoration Specialties in Windber, Pa.

sach

Hey All, my Essex is a '28 Super Six. It appears that what ever attaches the hood lacing to the radiator shell, should easily be removed if the radiator has to come out for any reason, because the lacing covers the grille shell attaching screws. Are these "drive screws" removable and then can be re-used ?
barrysweet52 - what are these biflocated rivets you mentioned and are they different from regular split rivets ? Thanks, Sach

ernie28

See the pic. Is what I used on my 28 and are called bifocated (sp) rivets. Were readily available here down under.

ernie28

I wish I knew how to delete posts with errors in them!

Geoff

I know it's not original, but I use alloy pop rivets, with washers behind them. Much easier to install than split rivets, and easily drilled out if you want to remove them.

sach

ernie28 - - Are those bifurcated rivets shown in your photo made of steel, brass or copper ? Thanks, Sach.

ernie28

They would be brass I imagine. I has SS ones also.