1970 Threshold Sill plates, Screws or rivets ? |
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914/4: 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 914/6: 70 71 72
1970 Threshold Sill plates, Screws or rivets ? |
pgollender |
Aug 2 2016, 07:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 189 Joined: 5-July 11 From: Sacramento Member No.: 13,281 Region Association: Northern California |
Screws or rivets to hold the exterior Threshold Sill Plates ?
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PancakePorsche |
Aug 2 2016, 11:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 29-July 11 From: Southern California Member No.: 13,373 Region Association: None |
White (natural) push pin plastic rivets.
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6freak |
Aug 3 2016, 11:50 AM
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MR.C Group: Members Posts: 4,740 Joined: 19-March 08 From: Tacoma WA Member No.: 8,829 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
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Tom_T |
Aug 3 2016, 12:15 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
The white ones are long NLA, & a member on here used to sell aftermarket white ones which were a match, but his source dried up.
You can still get clear from Porsche & other sources as the next best match, unless you find a new source for the white plastic ones. If you do find a source for white ones, then please do a FYI post in the Garage forum for members on here with 70-73 914s with the aluminum sill plates (74-76 they went with black plastic sill plates & used the black plastic rivets). BTW - A lot of folks on here say that they also used the black plastic rivets on the rocker panels in your pic - although yours, my 2nd owner since 75 `73, & my OO buddies' 71, & a few others which have the original rockers are/were the metal rivets you show - so I'm not so sure that the plastic rivets at the rockers is correct. Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
1970 Neun vierzehn |
Aug 3 2016, 05:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,199 Joined: 16-March 06 From: cincinnati, ohio Member No.: 5,727 |
White (natural) push pin plastic rivets. correct! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) sill plate on a '70/4 Attached thumbnail(s) |
PancakePorsche |
Aug 5 2016, 11:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 29-July 11 From: Southern California Member No.: 13,373 Region Association: None |
I recently purchased a complete set of the rivets from Aase. Check with them.
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steuspeed |
Aug 6 2016, 12:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,005 Joined: 12-July 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 13,308 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
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rgalla9146 |
Aug 14 2016, 12:12 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,544 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None |
Ah....... $54. for 36 plastic rivets ? Come with lube ? No too sure about metal rivets. I am sure of natural color nylon plastic push pin rivets (early) with alum. thresholds. Then changed color to black to go with black thresholds. To me ? pop rivets look suspicious. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Pat Garvey |
Aug 29 2016, 05:49 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
Metal rivets = incorrect
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tod914 |
Sep 10 2016, 01:11 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,755 Joined: 19-January 03 From: Lincoln Park, NJ Member No.: 170 |
Hi guys. Regarding the outer rocker covers, I have seen metal rivets on 73+ original untampered with cars. I've had 4 low mileage original cars that all had metal rivets on the outer covers. Most of those cars I got from the original owners and discussed that matter with them.
I have also seen one owner late model cars (75-76) with metal rivets on the out rocker covers, other than my own. By rocker cover, I mean the piece that is painted black so there is no confusion. I discussed it with the owners, and their responses were that they never took the covers off, and that's the way the car was delivered to them. You'll see a lot of those rivets with black paint on them due to a prior owner respraying the rocker without removing them. My light ivory 75 with 42,000 miles was like that. I ended up taking the covers off due to a bad jack point on that car. I replaced the metal with black plastic so I could easily take the covers off when needed. Actually I shaved the pins and stems so the rivet was only attached to the outer cover and not to the physical body of the car. The bottom hardware was enough to keep it secure. With that said, I would say 73+ metal rivets for the out rocker covers. Black Plastic rivets on the later cars would certainly make it easier to maintain/clean under there. I would strongly advice against using sheet metal screws. You will deform the metal on the sill and widen the holes. On 70-72 1/2, I can't comment/verify being I haven't seen enough original early cars that have not been tampered with/restored/modified. Pat is the original owner of his 72 and stated white plastic rivets came on his outer rocker covers. Pat has done enough concourse events with his car to know so. Feel free to poke around my photobucket album. There should be shots of the rockers of some of the cars in there. http://s283.photobucket.com/user/tod914/li...rt=6&page=0 |
Mikey914 |
Nov 23 2016, 12:08 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
I did make the clear rivets .35 each if you buy all 28 or .50 each.
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