Door Hinge Rivets

[Simonjjb]

Now that I am retired, I have some time to start looking over my 68 911 that needs restoring. The car is remarkably original. However, I did discover that the original owner (?) had removed two Rivets for the lower door hinge . The door had some external damage that you can see. I would prefer to keep the original door and replace the rivets. Is this possible?

[edmayo]

I don't think the rivets are as much a problem as how to get to the backside to buck them. Was probably done before door was skinned.

[Nickelplated5s]

Pop Rivets. There are good and better rivets and guns. Easiest way to test them is on stacked washers.

[julerb]

I bet once you start to restore the door you will find a ton of filler over the damaged door skin. Then once you decide to either reskin the entire door or just the bottom edge you will gain access to straighten the inner door structure and replace the rivets. I have done it before, its just part of the restoration process.

[Simonjjb]

I bet once you start to restore the door you will find a ton of filler over the damaged door skin. Then once you decide to either reskin the entire door or just the bottom edge you will gain access to straighten the inner door structure and replace the rivets. I have done it before, its just part of the restoration process.

Thanks Julerb, The door skin doesn’t have filler - but only because it wasn’t fixed after it was damaged. So I will need a new door skin. Glad to hear you have done it. I was worried the new rivets would not be secure enough. I want to try to keep the door to maintain the original color on the inside areas.

[julerb]

I made pieces to buck the rivets in. I then heated them cherry red put in holes and hit with impact gun. I can't recall what I used for rivets, may have been ones for the tow hook on a 356.

[Brad Davis]

Hi Simon,

You want to use the same DIN spec as original. They were DIN 660. If you hop on ebay and search for DIN 660 you will find a bunch of offerings.

Have fun,

Brad

[Simonjjb]

Hi Simon,

You want to use the same DIN spec as original. They were DIN 660. If you hop on ebay and search for DIN 660 you will find a bunch of offerings.

Have fun,

Brad

Thanks Brad