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  1. 12-19-2014, 08:30 AM #1
    Chris Pomares
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    SWB engine lid screen

    Does anyone have a source for the screens and rivits on the backside of SWB engine lid grills?
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  2. 12-19-2014, 03:06 PM #2
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    1969 - Hmm... i was thinking to remove the screen from the grill and then I read that there are a 100 parts... some are rivets too? Sounds like "a job for Superman."

    In some places paint is peeling off of the thing and I wanted to strip that paint away (aircraft paint remover) and leave it all bare metal except for the screen. Now I wonder if the paint remover etches the metal finish too. It might be that this old grill was painted to cover up metal flaws back in the 80s. Any thoughts?
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  3. 12-19-2014, 03:52 PM #3
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    I got the rivets from Byler rivets in Dallas, hollow brass ones like what came originally, maybe not dead nuts perfect, but close. You will need a rivet squeezer and some special anvils to set them however.
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