So first of all, Happy Christmas!
I've taken the opportunity of a free couple of hours today to finally have a look at sorting our Stags window frames out so i can build the doors up. The cars been back on the road since August and the doors are still shells with locks (makes it a bit chilly this time of year!
).
So the stainless steel frames themselves are ok, but some of the mild steel brackets that are riveted to them were rusted through to the point they had fallen off.
I managed to get a pair of ok window frames from the Stoneleigh spares day, but these don't have all their brackets.
Basically between the two frames i have a full set of brackets, now my question is what fastenings should i use to fit the brackets back onto the frames?
I have Dremeled off the rotten brackets today, and the original rivets are Brass. I was going to use pop rivets but i'm well aware that they will protrude into the window channel, which can't be good. And the head of the pop rivet gun won't fit in the window channel to go the other way. Any ideas?
Secondly i've removed the quarter lights from the frames as the glass flopped around on the shaft. Ideally i need to remove the glass from its chrome frame to sort this, is this a sensible option? It looks like it would be a pain in the a**e to get the glass out!
Anyway, have a good Christmas!
Mat
I've taken the opportunity of a free couple of hours today to finally have a look at sorting our Stags window frames out so i can build the doors up. The cars been back on the road since August and the doors are still shells with locks (makes it a bit chilly this time of year!

So the stainless steel frames themselves are ok, but some of the mild steel brackets that are riveted to them were rusted through to the point they had fallen off.
I managed to get a pair of ok window frames from the Stoneleigh spares day, but these don't have all their brackets.
Basically between the two frames i have a full set of brackets, now my question is what fastenings should i use to fit the brackets back onto the frames?
I have Dremeled off the rotten brackets today, and the original rivets are Brass. I was going to use pop rivets but i'm well aware that they will protrude into the window channel, which can't be good. And the head of the pop rivet gun won't fit in the window channel to go the other way. Any ideas?
Secondly i've removed the quarter lights from the frames as the glass flopped around on the shaft. Ideally i need to remove the glass from its chrome frame to sort this, is this a sensible option? It looks like it would be a pain in the a**e to get the glass out!
Anyway, have a good Christmas!
Mat
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