1964 front grill installation

[Impalabricker]

How are you all installing your front grill? Are you using rivets? Or is there a place where I can buy the hardware? The parts install in a certain order?

First time assembling 64 front grill, trim

Thanks

 

[pvs409]

Use stainless steel rivets with hex nuts and star washers ( 10/32 by 3/8 stainless rivets )
I use them on my 62 grilles. Buy them from Florida eBay seller 25 in a package - probably need to order 50 for
your 64 grille

 

[bobs409]

Same here. Can't remember where I got mine but the threaded ones are so much nicer to install! Another nice thing is if you ever have to remove your grill, you can do so.

 

[R63ss]

I did my 63 with factory rivets.It is a two person job.I held the block of steel,setting tool and grill and my wife had the hammer.I can still remember telling her that this is a nos grill and if you are going to miss hit my hand and not the grill lol
Zip corvette sells the rivets and the setting tool
The ones with nuts are much easier to install.It all depends on how far you want to go for originality.

 

[Impalabricker]

Thanks for the replies, I think Im gonna go with the rivets that Paul was talking about. Any idea where I would get them? Another question, I seem to be missing a few of the bolts that hold the extended grill section to the fenders "underneath the eyebrows and such" any idea if someone sells a kit? Or should I just try the local hardware store?

 

[pvs409]

I will look up the place to buy the rivets.
I did 2 - 1962 grills with the stock rivets using a special rivet tool I got from Phil Reed years ago.
I did not like using the rivet tool, way to easy to damage the grill.

The stainless rivets with hex nuts and star washers are the best way.
Paul

 

[pvs409]

here are the correct stainless rivets (that I used on 2-3 1962 Chevy grilles -also for 1963 and 1964 and 1961's
count your rivets you may need to order 50 vs 25 of these rivets
The heads of these stainless rivets can be buffed to a high shine..
Paul

25 pcs 10-32 x 3/8" grille rivets stainless steel rivet screws nuts fits Chevy | eBay

These rivets screws may be a different size and shape than the original rivets. You must compare your application to the pictures and to the sizes that we have provided.

www.ebay.com

 

[Impalabricker]

Thanks Paul, did you have any trouble keeping the rivet from spinning when you tightened them?

 

[pvs409]

No - the star washers keep them from spinning

 

[Impalabricker]

Thanks Paul. 1 more question. I dont see any bolt kits for sale for the front end. What size are the original bolts. I may have to go to the hardware store. I'm trying to bolt the headlight panel to the fender and when I put the brow trim over the area, it doesn't sit flush so I'm thinking I have the wrong bolts. I am not the original disassemble person. Lesson learned.

 

[pvs409]

The factory bolts are 5/16 coarse thread for most of the front end - a few different ones are used
I have lots of original bolts that I can sell.
post a pictures of the area you are mounting parts
Paul

 

[hfpjr76]

Hubbards sells flat heads that look like rivets that are actually a nut & bolt with a star washer.

 

[pvs409]

The factory rivets on 61,62,63 and 64 grills had round heads, not flat heads.
Paul

 

[hfpjr76]

Yeah I call them flat but they have a little dome to them.

 

[Impalabricker]

The area I'm looking for bolts for is the area underneath that passenger eyebrow side trim piece. This is my neighbors car and I know he too did not have the right bolts. I'm scared to ask what they used. ‍

 

[64ss409]

It's been quite a while since I had mine off, I don't remember what they looked like.
Here is what Show Cars has listed.

https://show-cars.com/product/3965

 

[64ss409]

Here is a link showing 64 eyebrow removal. There are 2 metal clips with nuts, 1 plastic clip and a screw.

64 eyebrow removal

 

[64ss409]

The area I'm looking for bolts for is the area underneath that passenger eyebrow side trim piece. This is my neighbors car and I know he too did not have the right bolts. I'm scared to ask what they used. ‍

Oops, I miss read which fasteners you were looking for.

 

[Impalabricker]

Oops, I miss read which fasteners you were looking for.

Thank you fo the video, now I see it truly is a p i t a to remove and replace the eyebrows, I did notice that there were no bolts in the 3 holes underneath it? Were they removed prior to the video? Or do no bolts go there except for the plastic clip in the middle?

 

[blkss64]

So on a factory original car, the two top clips have nuts that secure the clips that are part of the molding. In the middle of the molding, there is a plastic clip that secures the molding then there is a phillips head chrome screw that retains the bottom of the molding into the front of the fender.