-- [ From: Bob Nogueira * EMC.Ver #3.1a ] --
Rudy
Some will say stainless steel but SS is not as strong as mild steel . Brass
is too soft for the hard ash wood. You will end up breaking the screw off
in the hole or will have to drill a hole so oversized to keep from breaking
the screw it won't hold . I used plated mild steel with the
justification that if the screw got wet enough to rust it really wasn't
going to matter because the wood would be rotted and the sheet metal long
gone by that time .
The factory glued all the vertical joints but not the horizontal joints ( I
may have that backwards ) .I glued all my joints and have not seen any
problem as a result.
Now get out there and screw around with that Morgan !!!
Bob Nogueira
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> Date: Tuesday, 12-Oct-99 09:04 AM
>
> From: re3@ix.netcom.com \ Internet: (re3@ix.netcom.com)
> To: MORGANS \ Internet: (morgans@autox.team.net)
>
> Subject: wood frame question
>
> I have a 1967 plus 4, 4 seater, and am in the midst of a ground up
restoration.
> I am doing the
> frame at this time and have a few questions:
> 1. What type of screws should I be using? At this point I am using silicon
> bronze screws but
> wonder if I should us stainless steel instead?
>
> 2. Does anyone glue the frame together or is glue a bad idea?
>
> 3. I need a picture of how the rear braces to the left and right of the
spare
> fit in place. They were gone on my car and I have purchased them new from
the
> factory but do not know their exact location.
>
> That's it for today,
> Thank you,
> Rudy
>
>
>
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