Here's a tech tip I just discovered last night after an hour of puzzlement:
If you decide to replace the side curtain material on your LBC, you may
have several chrome strips with small "oblong flat head" bolts that fit into
a track in the back of the chrome strip. These bolts pass through the side
curtain frame and are secured by a nut on the other side of (e.g. inside of the
car) the frame. Sound familiar? This is the set up on my TD, and I'm sure
other LBCs share the configuration.
The correct method of reassembly of these components is not immediately
apparent, for this is one of those things where reversing the disassembly
process will not work. What you must do is first press the little oblong/flat
head bolts through the holes in the material, and then through the frame, and
screw the nut in place - hand tight. Then carefully SLIDE the chrome strip over
the first nut, making entry into the chrome strip through the enlarged slot at
the back of either end of the strip. Continue the procedure until all bolts are
engaged, then tighten the nuts with a wrench.
The uninformed installer will attempt first to insert the little bolts into
the back of the chrome strip, and then press the entire affair into place, with
the expectation that enough of the threads of the nuts will protrude through
the frame in order to secure the nuts. It won't work this way - there's too
much play in the slot on the crome strip, and the bolts won't protrude.
This is an obscure tech tip, but I submit it nonetheless in the event
someone may recall it and be helped by it in a future endeavor.
-Doug
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"Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of my restoration style"
Doug Phillips
1952 MG TD, Member, New England T Register (#11109) and Berkshire
County British Motor Car Club / Williams College, Williamstown, MA
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