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1935 master coupe frame.Has anyone attempted re-riveting portions of the frame?

I have re-riveted many parts onto 1931-32 frames. It is not an easy process as it requires, bucking tool, heating the rivets red hot and then squishing them so when they shrink as they cool they get tighter. Not too difficult for a two person team with the proper tools.

Re-riveted quite a few cross-members on my 38 Master Business Coupe…made some tools to replicate the head of the original rivets; machined some Ford truck chassis rivets to the correct diameter and length (sorry they were Ford but……) then heated them and bucked them….toughest job was trying to figure how much material to leave exposed on the bucked end so it filled the bucking tool…dare you to see a difference between the old original and the new! Billu38

The rear spring hangers on my 41 project were removed by someone before me and they used bolts instead of rivets to re-attach them to the frame. Why they did this God only knows.

I want to refit them back to the frame using rivets as original. As Chipper has said above, it may be a difficult job.

Any suggestions on just how I should go about this? Getting the proper size rivets the backing tools, etc.

I doubt anyone would ever notice that there are bolts under there where rivets are supposed to be, but still it will be like an itch I can't scratch, to me.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,

Charlie

I think BIllU38 has pretty much covered it in his post above. When I replaced the rear engine crossmember in my 32 I went thru all the steps he described. With three people it made the job simpler-one to hold the bucking tool-one to heat and place the rivet- and the third to send it home with the fabricated tool on an impact hammer.