In article <11EEFA4B6844D511A0E70008C71E9F0138343A@ABDEXH01>, Richard
Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com> writes
>
> Mike asked:
>
> Have you worked out how on earth you are going to replace the
> windscreen
> surround on Daffy yet? From what little I know (and saw), I can't
> think of a suitably solid place to weld the new surround to the
> car.
>
>
> Not sure about that yet. As far as I can tell, it appears that the
> windscreen surround is welded on (with short stretches of welding,
> not continuously, strangely) just below a small lip, that runs
> round from the top of the A-post round the top of the bulkhead
> (just in front of the vents for the heater). So it may simply be a
> case of getting these welds un-welded and getting the replacement
> windscreen surround welded in in place.
Here's hoping that it turns out to be that easy.
> The windscreen isn't
> intended to be structural, so I doubt there is anywhere
> particularly substantial to weld it to.
This would explain why mine sits a lot further back after it has had a
soft-top on it than after it has had a hard-top on it. The soft-top is
pulling it backwards, and the hard-top is pushing it back (forward) into
place. If there is no solid metal holding it in place, it's no wonder
that it moves a bit.
>
> In any case, I expect the details will become more apparent when I
> dismantle that half-a-car that TRGB sent me away with. I'll take
> advice from whoever I get to do the work - after all, they will
> know more about welding cars than I do!
I thought you were going to do this yourself?
>
> Well done finding that chrome trim. Yes, the rear window does have
> a chrome trim around the seal - from what I can remember (having
> hardly glanced at the hard-top for 6 months) I think have that trim
> fitted, but I may be missing the corner pieces. If not available
> new, I guess those are going to be as hard to find as the lower
> trim bit...
Listed as "NLA" in the Rimmer price list. :-( The search goes on.
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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