Cup in a Box - resurrected from the old Forum...

[DavidL]

Screwfix have a selection:

https://www.screwfix.com/search?search=p...ent+hinges

...and there are other suppliers:

https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/prod...lsrc=aw.ds

[Ruairidh Dunford]

Thank you, I am looking for ones like those on Peter's car please, preferably ones that I can nickel plate.

[AllAlloyCup]

Screwfix have loads of hinges at great prices

Bill G

[Ian Williams]

Ok I realise I was misunderstanding, I though you were asking about fixing the hinges! Anyway Paul Beck Vintage Supplies do some solid brass hinges that would appear to be the sort of thing you are searching for.

[Ruairidh Dunford]

Thank you again Ian, I have looked at these before and used them for other jobs but they are too heavy for this application.

They are a very lightweight construction, I will post a photo of the casting I have from an original.

   

   

   

[Ian Williams]

Would not be that hard to make some out of material the correct thickness, I am guessing about 5/32" thick? The originals were presumably made this way rather than cast they look too thin to be anything else.

[Ruairidh Dunford]

Yes, this is simply a casting of the remains of an original from this car Ian: https://gordonenglandregister.wordpress....umber-512/

I am inlined to the think that the kink is intentional but struggling to know why...

[Ian Williams]

So you are doing a good job of this restoration, yours is a rebuild of a genuine car so why not attempt to recreate the hinge as close as possible rather than use a substitute which may be acceptable on a replica. I thought the kink looked like it was intended and was going to ask you why!!!

[AllAlloyCup]

Hi Ruairidh

I can see that the kink in the hinge might
Help with the opening of the clamshell
but the cutouts on one half of the hinge
do seem a bit mysterious?

Perhaps GE got a job lot of cheap hinges?
Personally I think a strong hinge is needed
Due to the weight of the shell, frame and wheel
And tyre.

One of Tom’s cars may provide the answer?

Regards
Bill G

[Chris KC]

I realise making every part is going to slow you down quite a bit Ruairidh, but on the other hand it may turn out quicker to make one than to find one!

Not perhaps a masterpiece, but attached is a pic of my first attempt at hinge making (for a Victorian camera focussing screen). These are rather small, it might be easier scaled up a bit.


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