31-03-2018, 04:23 PM
(31-03-2018, 04:05 PM)Colin Swinbourne Wrote: The other thing that puzzles me is that the screws are brass, my understanding is that steel or iron screws would have been used in the ash frame (that’s certainly what is used in both my Delage and Rover) Martin is this correct?
We're working on a body from a 1913 Armstrong-Whitworth, in which the few remaining screws ARE brass. I suspect that the choice of screw material was probably down to a matter of cost and the fact that brass screws going into hardwood need to be handled with care!