Tag Archives: window frame

4/2/2024

I started the week by finishing off preparing the remaining window frames for final assembly.  They all had some touching up of the grey paint areas and fitting the top and bottom nylon6.6 strips, material for which has arrived.    I fitted the original glass back into the rounded rearmost offside window, with new rubber of course.  That was a tricky job; the only way that works is to fit the rubber into the glass then using washing-up liquid solution gradually easing it into the frame then pushing the rubber lib into the recess in the frame.  I noted that I had missed a welding repair so that will have to be done with care to avoid damage to the glass as I am not taking it out again!   I finished the week by preparing the waist panels on the offside, ready for priming before I install the windows.  The next job is chroming the half-drop window components and cleaning the glass ready for final assembly.  Unfortunately the glass I so carefully fitted cracked overnight so I am taking it out again but at least I can weld it now.

28/1/2024

Continued with assembling the window frames, frustrated by the poor quality of these.  I could have made a better job for sure.  The first needed adjustment to bring the droplight slides into line.  The  second one I worked on turned out to be better dimensionally and need little fettling.  These are a long job requiring many holes to be drilled and trial assembly.  I completed two by the end of Friday and started on a third, which was largely complete by the end of the week.

Droplight frames awaiting building up and fitting.

7/1/2024

Work started in the first week of  2024 with trimming and painting the first of the  four O/S half-drop  window frames and trial fitting and painting (twice!) of the splash panel and bezel for the tank filler.  Next to receive attention was the moulding that fits around the O/S wheelarch.  This needed paint stripping then a lot of fettling to get it presentable, it might have been quicker to make a new piece but possibly more difficult.  Priming the N/S lower panels last week revealed a few dents and ripples that were attended to with new filler bought for the purpose.  This was mostly complete by the end of Saturday 6th but some remained to be sanded before priming again, hopefully on Monday next week.