Re: Our 1932 901
Posted by Marty or Marston On 2014/9/27 10:18:00
I've been at work on the four door latches and the boards that holds them and the window regulators. The wood was pretty well shot - warped and cracked. While the door-latch assembly plates needed to be re-plated.
The rivets on the latch assemblies were drilled out and they were disassembled. The plates were sent out for a polished nickel plating and the rest of the hardware was cleaned up and painted semi-gloss black. Since I could not find shoulder rivets with the correct dimensions, I turned five of each size on a lathe.
New boards were made by gluing pieces of 1" maple. The thickness was planed to 9/16" like the original ones. Templates were made from MDF so the recessed areas could be cut out with a router. After the boards were cut and milled, they were treated with an ebony stain.
I also worked on some of the hardware that holds the bumpers on. The covers were "well rusted" and bent up. I was able to straighten the covers up, pound out the dents and braze the cracks and tears so they looked good enough to send out from chrome plating
In the next week or so, I'll mount the door & window hardware on the boards and fit them to the doors.
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The rivets on the latch assemblies were drilled out and they were disassembled. The plates were sent out for a polished nickel plating and the rest of the hardware was cleaned up and painted semi-gloss black. Since I could not find shoulder rivets with the correct dimensions, I turned five of each size on a lathe.
New boards were made by gluing pieces of 1" maple. The thickness was planed to 9/16" like the original ones. Templates were made from MDF so the recessed areas could be cut out with a router. After the boards were cut and milled, they were treated with an ebony stain.
I also worked on some of the hardware that holds the bumpers on. The covers were "well rusted" and bent up. I was able to straighten the covers up, pound out the dents and braze the cracks and tears so they looked good enough to send out from chrome plating
In the next week or so, I'll mount the door & window hardware on the boards and fit them to the doors.
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