[TR] TR4A - Windshield Frame Conundrum

[Sandra and Trevor Hardy]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G.D. Huggins" <guy at genfiniti.com>
To: <RedRiverTriumph at yahoogroups.com>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 3:30 PM
Subject: [TR] TR4A - Windshield Frame Conundrum


> All,
>
> OK... this is good.
>
> Tonight I set about working on the hood frame.
> I got it bolted into the tub in the rear, added the "male" latch parts to 
> the header rail, then went to add the "female" latch halves to the 
> windshield frame.
> I poked the holes for the small bolts through the new plastic covering, 
> started to turn the bolts to tighten, but got no grip.
> "Odd", I thought..  So, I got to poking around and discovered that there 
> is nothing there for them to tighten into!
>
> I suspect there was, at one point, a metal plate with threaded holes 
> within the frame, and it has since slid somewhere inside the frame itself.
> Can anyone help?
>
> Is it time for a powerful magnet?  Maybe some sort of pressure-based 
> fastener?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Guy D. Huggins
> 1965 Triumph TR4A
> CTC 63569LO
>
> Online project diary at http://www.genfiniti.com/triumph
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