26-06-2023, 10:53 PM
(26-06-2023, 09:44 PM)Ivor Hawkins Wrote: I thought that the capping used screws that went through the capping and skin straight into the wood, or have I lost my marbles?
Correct, they were either No8 or No6 woodscrews. Usually the wood is naff by now; plastic plugs work well in lieu of new ash/beech.
Tony, only the late AD Chummy body ('28 onwards) has the interlocking "fastening", earlier models have nothing (except doors that fly open sporadically). Very early cars had a nice hoop type catch that positively held the door in place.