The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Paint and Body Shop quick question - two rivets above rear wheel well

I'm workingon a '53 chevy 1/2 ton. There are two rivets above the rear wheel well. I've looked alot of pictures but haven't found one that clearly shows how to finish these rivets.

Are they simply painted or do they get covered with body filler?

The help is very appreciated,
mark

they are just painted over on all examples I have seen. I do have one fender that I believe to have the original factory paint. What I need is replacement rivets. I want to remove them so I can get at a dent.

I/ve used carriage bolts and reworked the heads to look just like a rivet . the problem using a rivet over body filler , the filler will break down when you buck the rivet .

thanks, I shouldn't have any filler near the rivets though, so if anybody knows where they can be had from........

I read here that welding the bracket would be visible so I went the original route and found a local place that carried rivets and the setting tool. As stated if there is any filler anywhere near the holes it will crumble when setting the rivets and I believe the metalwork around these holes has to be perfect to have lasting results. Try looking for a place that sells tools for working on aircraft.