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Re: First rebuild 1965 Sportique
Action Jaxs wrote:
Howdy all

I thought I would post some pics of my first rebuild of a 1965 Sportique. The engine was toast so I found as rebuild P200, replaced the floor board and upgrade the front wheel to an 10" w/ a GS 150 rim. The body has been repaired and painted by Atois.

Today we spent all day hand peening the floor rails with aircraft rivets. My friend is a pilot and also works for Boeing so we decided to give it a try. We added some chips and dents but nothing too bad plus Atois can fix them.

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What did you use to hand peen the rivets? I have to put floor rails on and could use some advice.

Beautiful job, really nice. Thanks for the pictures.
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Re: First rebuild 1965 Sportique
dcoop wrote:
Action Jaxs wrote:
Howdy all

I thought I would post some pics of my first rebuild of a 1965 Sportique. The engine was toast so I found as rebuild P200, replaced the floor board and upgrade the front wheel to an 10" w/ a GS 150 rim. The body has been repaired and painted by Atois.

Today we spent all day hand peening the floor rails with aircraft rivets. My friend is a pilot and also works for Boeing so we decided to give it a try. We added some chips and dents but nothing too bad plus Atois can fix them.

Jaxs
What did you use to hand peen the rivets? I have to put floor rails on and could use some advice.

Beautiful job, really nice. Thanks for the pictures.
Thank you

My friend is a aircraft engineer and has a pneumatic riveter and a bucking bar but some rivets were done by a hammer and punch.
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A pneumatic riveter would b handy to have in one's garage. . . Did you back the rivets with washers before peening them over? Last question, I promise.
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A pneumatic riveter would b handy to have in one's garage. . . Did you back the rivets with washers before peening them over? Last question, I promise.
No as we used aircraft rivets and it was not needed. No problem on the questions as this is why we have this forum..... Good luck on your rebuild
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Thank you and I plan to find another VBB and do it again as I love the rear cowl lines
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