12-11-2019, 10:00 PM
Greetings to Yonder Emerald Isle from the Colonies
Dad & I are busy with the '26 Chummy, he's done a sterling job on rebuilding the motor & box for it, incredibly after nearly 94 years, it's still a matching number car. The engine number 35783 is also on the crank, rods, flywheel & block.
Right now we're busy with the trim and have hit a snag on the door handles. It appears that in the past some genius sheared the end off the thread on the square bar and so to hold the handle onto the latch they peened the remnants of the thread over and clinched the lock-n-handle together. At least the handle is still there.
OK, any ideas on how to fix it properly - we really don't want to damage anything, and I'm a bit concerned about heat as the handle looks like German Silver - we're considering cutting the remains of the thread off and then drilling and tapping the square bar for a stepped stud - smaller inside the square bar.....or are we barking up the wrong tree here ??
Aye
Greig
Dad & I are busy with the '26 Chummy, he's done a sterling job on rebuilding the motor & box for it, incredibly after nearly 94 years, it's still a matching number car. The engine number 35783 is also on the crank, rods, flywheel & block.
Right now we're busy with the trim and have hit a snag on the door handles. It appears that in the past some genius sheared the end off the thread on the square bar and so to hold the handle onto the latch they peened the remnants of the thread over and clinched the lock-n-handle together. At least the handle is still there.
OK, any ideas on how to fix it properly - we really don't want to damage anything, and I'm a bit concerned about heat as the handle looks like German Silver - we're considering cutting the remains of the thread off and then drilling and tapping the square bar for a stepped stud - smaller inside the square bar.....or are we barking up the wrong tree here ??
Aye
Greig