Yeah, I’m not sure if I were to do it again that I wouldn’t use the rivets either. I used a combination. I used panel bond on both sides of the fiberglass bonding strip. So the sheet metal is bonded to the fiberglass and the bonding strip. Is panel bonded to the actual clip.
Arlin, I bought most of my replacement parts from Corvette Central. They have probably the best selection of structural replacement parts out there. Here the url for the header bar. www.corvettecentral.com/c3-68-82/body-frame/door-floor-roof-fiberglass/68-82-front-end-reinforcement-header-bar-metal-143004?returnurl=%2fsearch%3fcurrentsearchcategoryid%3d%26q%3dheader%2bbar