Practically Classics Forum

Picked the towbar up from the powder-coaters after work, The bloke, I discovered, is a classic car but with a lovely 1963 Daimler V8 tucked in the corner of his workshop. Hes done a great job and gave me mates rates..
Once home, I got it fitted and remounted the bumper.



Finished the evening off by refitting the battery, really pleased and it looks much better..



Kev

Up and at em early today.
The tool I had ordered from Rejel to attempt and fit the chrome filler into the screen surround arrived.
This is what it looks like




And this is the chrome section I needed to fit



So, off we set. Daughter steadied the screen on the kitchen table whilst my wife maintained pressure on the trim into the seal and I teased the opposite side of the seal onto the chrome trim. It was a pain of a job but after about an hour we were half way and used some masking tape to retain the seal and trim in place.



As is usually the case, the 2nd section went a lot better and soon its was completely fitted.



Into the garage and after 10 mins of gentle persuasion the screen was in the car. The headlining was tidied up and the wipers were refitted.



What a complete pain of a job but I had been quoted £150 from a fitter last week and even then he couldnt guarantee he could fit it without mashing the rubber seal..yeah right!

The widow of the last owner called at my parents yesturday. She is sorting their garage out and had come across some bits.

These



Quite expensive



These




And finally this



So, quite a productive sunday. Need to take my 5 gallon jerry can to work tomorrow and pick up some petrol to top her up and hopefully do a quick oil change ready for a trip to meet the mot tester

Well I never did! My local branch of Associated Dairies have - to the best of my knowledge - never supplied brake linings unless they hide them under the potatoes, underpants and cheap but highly drinkable Belgian lager.

Well done on proving what we all suspected in the first place; that you would be perfectly capable of getting that window into its hole.
Maybe the guy who quoted for fitting was assuming that the rubber would be old and perished? Maybe he'd have done it the conventional way, which would have made the locking strip much more reluctant to be fitted but either way, you [yoof patter]totally pwned that dude[/yoof patter] and demonstrated that sometimes, common sense beats a van with "automotive glazing specialist" written on its side panels.




(Still looking for that effing key. It can't be far away but I will be next week so the hunt is on.....)

Interesting history, but be carefull if you use them those linings look like the old asbestos type.

kstrutt1 wrote:Interesting history, but be carefull if you use them those linings look like the old asbestos type.

Id agree that they may be asbestos based, I always use the correct filter mask when doing old brakes and keep a sprayer with de-greaser for damping down any dust.
To be honest, I doubt either of the sets of shoes will be used as the current ones are in great condition

Kev

well done with the screens, although i thought the beads/trim went in after fitting to the car..

rich. wrote:well done with the screens, although i thought the beads/trim went in after fitting to the car..

I think they probably did. However once the screen is in the opeing there is no slack whatsoever in the rubber plus I reakon you could incurr damage to the bodywork by having to lean on it etc.
I got the idea of fitting the trim into the seal prior to fitting into the opening off a classic mini forum.

whichever way, mine is now in..

Kev

i know what you mean.. when i fitted the trim to the screens to my mgbs it was a fiddly job that took hours.

Well done on another fiddley job finished
Screens with the chrome trim missing look silly so definitely worth the hassle to get it sorted properly.

They don't just look silly without it, Terry, it's the locking strip and the screen can come out far too easily if that's not fitted. I once had a temporarily very draughty Renault 12 because of that function of the locking strip and the fact that I'd not yet fitted it when I had to get the car home from work. Imagine the scene; damp day, dog in car, rear drop panes wound down to avoid steaming up with soggy doggy breath, air pressure inside car consequently quite high as a result of the air rushing in by thae open windows, etc.... One replacement laminated screen later and it was done properly, not the kind of mistake you make three times!
Yes Rich, the strip is usually attached once the screen is in the car. Sometimes, you'll get away with doing it as Kevin has and sometimes, you won't. Swings and roundabouts really though, since it's harder to pull the cord if you fit the screen with the strip fitted to its rubber and harder to fit the strip if you pull the screen in without. Had that screen rubber been an old, cracked and/or dried out one, it would almost certainly have split around the inner lip as the cord was pulled.