Re: more stag questions

[George Richardson <gprtech@domain.elided>]

Since my car is a Mark I, I would guess that they had been installed for a
while. Also, my car showed signs of having had the windshield replaced in the
past (broken glass in the heater box).

Since the tabs all obligingly rusted their way off of the car, all I have to do
is punch out what remains of the rivets and weld the holes over.

Russ & Dina Brown wrote:

> Hi George,
> the 3 little 'L' shape pieces you found pop riveted to your windshield
> frame would seem to be a factory fitted item. I found exactly the same
> setup on my car when I restored it. Mine had the original rubber seal in
> place and had slots moulded into the seal to accomodate the'L' pieces. I
> speculated and agonized over them as well, but could find no reference to
> them in any manuals or restoration photo's showing the frame with the glass
> out. In the end I came to the conclusion that they must of aided the
> fitting of the glass and seal at the factory by securing the lower edge and
> prevent it from popping out before the whole assembly was fully in place.
>    The problem you will more than likely find is that the reproduction
> seals will not have the little moulded slots and fitting the glass will be
> virtually impossible with the 'L' pieces still in place. I removed mine by
> drilling out the pop rivets and plugging the holes. I had no problems
> fitting the glass and seal and have had no trouble since.
>   By the way my car is a Mkll (LE 21533) I don't think the little blighters
> were fitted to all cars.(Maybe Triumph had a one armed windscreen fitter
> employed for awhile)!This could be a cue for another 'mysterious
> components' competition, over to you Glen!
>                                Regards Russ Brown.

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George Richardson
The Wyvern - '57 TR3, TS15559L - http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
The Hippogrif - '71 Stag MKI, LE8176E - soon to get a site of it's own