 Tim Green´s report brings up a side window engineering issue with respect to his wonderful Aero Minx project: "I bought this car which was a four seater tourer as a collection of bits in boxes. I already have a tourer so didn't really wish to build another one and decided to build a copy of the much rarer streamlined saloon that was unveiled at the 1932 Olympia Motor Show. There are a couple of surviving examples of the later 1934 saloons so I had at least something to copy and these examples backed up by a handfull of old photographs were the basis for the project. I have been working on the car now for about two years and am edging closer to being able to get the ally skin on. I am having a bit of a problem currently with window winding regulators as I have no idea how to engineer them or from what ! Any suggestions gratefully received as I am a bit stuck." Editor: Tim, you probably will receive much better suggestions, but it may be worthwhile to think about the very simple construction as used in several vintage French(?) cars. A canvas or leather strap with holes like in your own buckle. The strap is attached to the bottom end of the glass while the other end is within your reach. With the window closed the strap is long. To open the window just unhook the strap and hook up again when the window has 'dropped' into the desired position. Vice versa to close again. Works perfect, looks elegant. |
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Hillman Aero Minx sliding window issue
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