SERIES 3 Originality Question

[kevkon]

I have to clarify as I was not sure what rivets were being addressed. All exterior rivets in the paint field are painted. The interior rivets are bare.

[Bertha]

Nope.. All the Galv trim parts and rivets are original, never removed (yet), nothing ever repainted. The good news for me is I can still be orignal w/ the easier to install rivets.

Here's a prior thread where this was sort of discussed earlier.. Talbot

http://www.roversnorth.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3970

Yes, based on your pics I do believe your truck is in its original form so I agree with what you are saying. Here is another question, the lock bolts seem to be painted on the outside of your truck however on the inside photos of the previous thread, they are bare. I would have to think they installed them after they painted the body however I cant figure out why they would be painted on the outside so........I came up with a theory-the lock bolts were probably made with some type of plating which quickly wore off creating a rust situation, hence making an original owner who actually cared about his truck touch them up with the coorect color paint, to slow down the corrosion- This is purely a guess and I am actually laughing while writing this as at the end of the day, Rover could give a crap about consistency in production, so I can't figure out why I care so much about these annoying little details- LOL
Thanks for all the helpful input Talbot