Re: Handbrake oilers

[Michael Card]

Hi all Interesting to read Carl's note about his oiler plates possibly being spot welded to the body . But Jack Stehr's later car had screws - see below. Carl, could it be that there really are wood-screws there, under the paint? Viv James, Jack Stehr and I have exchanged some info on this matter in the last few days. Jack has a "pre-demolition" photo of the location on his TC7941, and is going to measure the location of the screw holes. Viv has two original body sides stored in his loft and is taking a photo of one and also taking dimensions. I have offered to put Viv's and Jack's photos and data into a single document [eg Word] together with my drawing of the pipe system and bracket [which is now on the site under Technical/Upgrades]. Viv is happy with that. Jack will probably not have seen my reply to him yet, so I will not do this until I hear from him. Carl, if you have no objection, I'll could add your comments about TC/6756 to this summary document too?? Then we would have a record on the site of :- [a] photos of two original body panels showing location of the screw holes where the plate was secured to the outside of the body tub, plus a note about possible spot welding on Carl's car, plate location dimensions from three cars, [c] drawing of pipework, thread sizes etc. Hopefully that should put it to bed, except for the oil/grease matter ..... Regards to all Mike Card

[PMS GB Ltd]

Interesting to read Carl's note about his oiler plates possibly being spot
welded to the body . But Jack Stehr's later car had screws - see below.
Carl, could it be that there really are wood-screws there, under the paint?

To add to the detail, I can confirm that these brackets on my original TB
body, and other original bodies I have seen, were attached by plain
countersunk wood screws.

Regards

Clive sherriff

[CFritz7001@aol.com]

Mike,
1. You're right, the bracket is NOT spot-welded to the panel, it IS held on
by two slotted screws, which I'm NOW sure penetrate into the wood behind it.
It took a bit of scraping to reveal the screw-heads underneath heaven only
knows how many years of accumulated crud. (Betsy's not concours--she's a
driver)
2. As for my observations; they're neither copyrighted nor infallible, so
you're welcome to do with them as you will!! No suits or snide remarks
allowed, however.
Regards,
Carl