[NostalgiaRadioTime]

Thanks for showing that dial pointer and what you went through to remove it. My congratulations on accomplishing a feat that I was unable to do

As far as that Fahnestock clip, I hate to sound like I'm crazy about pop rivets, but that's exactly how I attached a replacement one on a Philco a few years back. Of course you have to carefully bend the clip up to get your rivet gun under it, but it can be done. It's works well on the antenna clips, where you have the fiber washer underneath the clip between the clip and the chassis to sandwich in.

Oh and you may want to remove and spray paint the back plate behind the dial a nice bright shiny white color. It will make the new dial really "pop" with the reflection from the light.