23-10-2024, 06:37 AM
Hi All,
This may seem a rather esoteric question, but as I am sometimes prone to do, I'm a bit of a rivet counter. How are the door cards in an EA Sports attached? I know that the three aluminium dairy hose clamps( and the hose) hold the upper part. However, the body is curved and the plywood is flat, so how did they originally attach the cards to the sides of the cockpit? I'm guessing that either they were glued or used the rivets which attach the body to the pan. The latter doesn't seem reasonable, and I have not found any evidence of other fixings on genuine cars, so I'm guessing that glue was used. Why am I doing this on an Ulster Rep? Partly for authenticity, partly for my own education as I have a genuine Ulster(EA Sports) in the restoration stage. Glueing would seem to be the preferred method as it would help strengthen the body. Why they didn't do the same with the spare tyre opening...well, they probably didn't expect the cars to last ten years, let alone more than 90 years. I have viewed Graham Beckett's car with various strengthening plates added to keep the tail on.
Any help is much appreciated.
Erich in Mukilteo
This may seem a rather esoteric question, but as I am sometimes prone to do, I'm a bit of a rivet counter. How are the door cards in an EA Sports attached? I know that the three aluminium dairy hose clamps( and the hose) hold the upper part. However, the body is curved and the plywood is flat, so how did they originally attach the cards to the sides of the cockpit? I'm guessing that either they were glued or used the rivets which attach the body to the pan. The latter doesn't seem reasonable, and I have not found any evidence of other fixings on genuine cars, so I'm guessing that glue was used. Why am I doing this on an Ulster Rep? Partly for authenticity, partly for my own education as I have a genuine Ulster(EA Sports) in the restoration stage. Glueing would seem to be the preferred method as it would help strengthen the body. Why they didn't do the same with the spare tyre opening...well, they probably didn't expect the cars to last ten years, let alone more than 90 years. I have viewed Graham Beckett's car with various strengthening plates added to keep the tail on.
Any help is much appreciated.
Erich in Mukilteo