Nova Sill Plates

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #1 03-24-2004, 09:02 PM

I've never seen a pair of NOS Nova sill plates with the Fisher Body tags riveted on already. Are the pair in this link really old? The part number tag looks fairly new. Did they come both ways from GM, or did someone add them to this set?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2469389306

**Mr70** · #2 03-24-2004, 09:09 PM

His text says,"Current GM".Those in the pix are indeed recent GM stock.It looks and sounds like he found some older Fisher tags with rivets,and applied them onto the newer sill plates,which have the NON-rivet tags already on them.

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #3 03-24-2004, 09:19 PM

I guess he then slid them back into the GM wrapper?

Allen · #4 03-24-2004, 09:31 PM

Nope. He took some GM sill plates, drilled two holes, and installed rivets for the "correct" look. I think it's pretty cool, because Marlin's right.... you just don't find any really old NOS ones with the rivets.

The rivets disappeared around 72-ish, I think, and any GM service parts made since then that are floating around won't have the rivets.

They also weren't removed from the wrapper. Just that little section around the emblem was peeled back.

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #5 03-24-2004, 10:47 PM

Ok, I understand now. They looked very good, and I thought that maybe GM had some with the rivets in them. I would buy these, it would save me from doing it myself. I'm still trying to find the time to install the rivets on my Yenko's sill plates!

**SS427** · #6 03-24-2004, 11:00 PM

This is a common practice that I have done for years. When installed, the late GM sill plates with rivets installed are virtually undetectable from the pre '72's and cost thousands less.

Unreal · #7 03-25-2004, 01:26 AM

Marlin,
Did you find a source for authentic looking rivets, or did you salvage rivets from old beat up sill plates?
I'm doing the latter on mine. Haven't decided whether to just drill and epoxy the rivets, or to replace the entire logo. Gotta put the new and old next to each other to compare.

**Kurt S** · #8 04-07-2004, 09:39 AM

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The rivets disappeared around 72-ish, I think, and any GM service parts made since then that are floating around won't have the rivets.

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Yup, just looked at a bunch of cars and I think 71 was the last year I saw rivets on.

**Salvatore** · #9 03-26-2004, 12:35 AM

Hey Marlin, Just get a nice original pair of sill plates and have them polished. They look real nice done up.

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