Mike, my originals were peened in place with a cold chisel. The rivets were solid at the end, not tubular, and an "X" was made in the end with the chisel that expanded the end of the rivet enough to secure it. IIRC, the replacement rivets were semi-tubular rivets. I bought a set of rivet setting tools similar to THIS to do them (see attached pic). Or you could zap a weld dot or two.
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1951 Chevy 3100 work truck
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1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car)
Busting rust since the mid-60's
If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.