VIN Plate Rivets

Prab said:

Hi,

I'm looking for new rivets to hold my VIN plate on the windshield pillar post for my 71 Corvette. Anyone have any suggestions as to where I can purchase the rivets?

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If you are trying to go original you should get them from Paragon or Corvette Central
If not you can get them at Canadian Tire or any hardware store because they are standard rivet

Canadian tire has ones that look pretty close to the originals.

I have a kit from Princess Auto and they look same as well

search www for "rivets VIN plate rosetta"...you'll get an idea from there...enjoy

While working for GM I once came across a package of GM VIN plate rivets but didn't realize the significance of the design of the rivet until I wanted to restore my 69 Camaro Z28. The GM rivets (not sure when GM started using them) are shaped like a daisy with tiny GM stamped on them. Re Vining a vehicle is a federal offence and removing a vin plate and reinstalling it with plain rivets would make one suspicious of it's authenticity so these rivets would be valuable to the restorer and the guy wanting to make a car look original. I've looked high and low for these rivets over the years but haven't found them. I would hesitate to replace these rivets with ordinary rivets on a special valuable collector car.

Don't know if I'm braking any rules by posting another web site but if it keeps you out of trouble you need to look at this.

I just realized I posted a picture of my paint/interior code plate and not my vin plate. Hahaha. Anyway, I never took off my vin code plate but it looks like the same rivets. It’s all painted black though and with the interior trim in place, you can’t see the rivets anyway, at least not with my 77 but it could be different with your 71.