[TR] Early TR4 windshield cap and cockpit trim

[nwolf at u.washington.edu]

The plot thickens.  Phil, your upside-down "ride" magnet test sounds pretty conclusive.  Maybe some of these are steel and some are brass.  Or, maybe they are all stainless steel underneath, with different amounts of chrome and nickel causing the the differences in magnetism.
   Nobody has seen any corrosion on these, right?
-Nick

Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 04:58:18 +0000 (UTC)
From: pethier at comcast.net

>----- "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm not at home so I can't try this but wouldn't a decent magnet have
>> some attraction when offerred to a non-ferrous capping that is mounted to
>> the steel body?
>
>I thought of that.  I took one of the words from a Magnetic Poetry set (this
>word is "ride", which is strangely appropriate) and put it in the groove for
>the top.  Magnet was held UP away from the steel body.
>
>CT2846L is definitely sporting a windshield cap which is chrome-plated
>steel.  It is easily the nicest piece of chrome on the car.  Surround on the
>back of he cockpit (to which the top or tonneau is lift-the-dot fastened)
>appears to be aluminum.
>
>Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA