Little Healeys also have the rivet issue. Bugeyes came with riveted headlight
rims, but the repros are rivetless. When I restored my Bugeye, I sent out all
the original chrome pieces to a local shop for replating, including the
riveted headlight rims. It was a high end shop that did the plating for a
number of Ralph Lauren's cars. When my parts were returned, I quickly
realized the headlight rims were a little different. Not only were they quite
a bit larger than the Bugeye's, they were imprinted with the word "Carello".
A few days later, I got a call from a Cape Cod restoration shop (which
coincedentally had done the restoration of Roger Menadue's LeMans
Nash-Healey) inquiring whether our plating orders might have been mixed up.
Seems they had my Bugeye rims and I had the rims from a very rare Maserati (1
of 7) We did an even swap, but I think I should have held them ransom.
BTW, happy to note my Nasty Boy BJ7 still sports its original rims with
rivets.
Rick
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