Hi Bonno, I found that thread while trying to identify some parts of my car while I was welding it.
It was a great help and I did tell him so.
It's a pity it gone quiet and I really hope the photos don’t get lost because it's a real gold mine of information.
Mine was so badly gone and bodged in places that I had very little to go on so Shiny's thread was a life saver for me.
I found this forum searching for other details so thought I’d try and post some stuff to say hi and thanks.
When I get my post count up I’ll post a few photos.
You are right about the detail.
My build was supposed to be a running restoration (as if) and I kept the drivers doors complete and only dismantled and worked on the PS which were in the worst shape. In the end it was about the only thing on the car I didn't strip out at the start.
Last night I pulled the driver’s side rear door apart and had trouble getting the window channel out. (I had to drill out the Philips screw half way down the channel)
I thought the fixing at the quarterlight just went into the channel but it goes through the channel and squeezes the door together against the channel at that point.
There is also a bit of insulation tape each side to act as protection and as a rudimentary seal, I assume.
On the PS all this was lost because both the channel and the door was gone at that location and I missed it.
The one on the DS is in good shape so I was able to replicate it now, (or near enough to function) but it's so easy to miss detail like that, especially if it's the only one you have ever really seen up close.
