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. The windscreen isn't intended to be structural, so I doubt there is
anywhere particularly substantial to weld it to.
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!
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...
Richard and Daffy
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