express body assembly
express body assembly
i have a dec 28 AA with any express body. i had the sides repaired. was the entire body riveted together from start? my body came in pieces. say for example the head board.... was it riveted or bolted? if bolted were they square nuts? any photos of an original express body?? thank you, kevin
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- Joined: June 14th, 2007, 7:29 pm
- Body Type: Grainbox
- Model Year: 1929
- Location: Illinois
Re: express body assembly
I think majority of the bed was rivets. Then was bolted to the frame. Im just guessing as Ive seen one other express bed but majority of the standard pickup bed was riveted as you didnt want to see bolt heads/threads on the outside and didnt want to have bolt threads or nuts to snag your cargo...
Re: express body assembly
thank you for info. i have heard of rivet bolts that look authentic. they use them on old jeeps. anyone have any experience with these. what type of a rivet gun would be needed to put authentic rivets on this express box? air gun? torch and hammer? not rivet savvy.
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- Joined: April 24th, 2003, 11:50 am
- Body Type: Mail truck, Stake tr
- Model Year: 1931
- Location: SO CAL
Re: express body assembly
Go to this link and scroll down to instructions. http://bigflatsrivet.com/
You need a rivet gun not an air hammer or chipping gun.
Bob
You need a rivet gun not an air hammer or chipping gun.
Bob
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- Joined: June 24th, 2011, 7:35 pm
- Body Type: 188a
- Model Year: 1928
- Location: Tofield, Alberta , canada
Re: express body assembly
My express bed was totally riveted together. To do a proper repair I had to remove most of them. I replaced all the rivets with rivets, got a couple of kits from Snyders for a model A box. This gave me plenty of rivets to use (and destroy a few) with the heads that look very original. I did use the air hammer attachment, I had to modify it a bit to make better looking heads, and made a bucking bar out of 1 inch round stock about 2 feet long to give it some weight. In the ends of the bar I made recesses to fit the rivet heads so they would get damaged during the riveting process. This a two person job but works very well.