Thread: Silly question re 1.6l engine

Pretty well finished with the engine now (I hope) so this next lot of questions will more than likely be just as silly but refer to body parts!
Question 1. Remembering that Sweetpea is a 1950 manufacture 80" S1, this question is re door handles (inside only).
Sweetpea has had a pretty hard life as far as doors are concerned and when I got her there were bolts and screws everywhere to hold on various plates and reinforcements to cover cracked door parts. The door handles were held on by bolts and nuts that went right through the doors from the outside and I suspect that this was a handy farm repair. I have re-skinned one door and partially re-framed both of them using sikaflex and rivets rather than the original spot welds and rivets. I suspect the door catches were originally fitted to the frame and not through the door, and my question is "how were these catches fitted? Fitted to the frame before the frame was joined to the door, or was there a cut out in the frame (which probably would have weakened the frame) to allow access to the nuts for later fitting? I suspect this is the answer but I am a bit loathe to put a cut out in the frames because of the potential weakening mentioned earlier.
I have a nut riveting tool (rivnuts) that I could use rather than weaken the frame.
Any photographs/info/suggestions are most welcome.
Regards
Glen
P.S there are bound to be a lot more trivial detail questions following, so stay tuned.

Originally Posted by zulu Delta 534

Pretty well finished with the engine now (I hope) so this next lot of questions will more than likely be just as silly but refer to body parts!
Question 1. Remembering that Sweetpea is a 1950 manufacture 80" S1, this question is re door handles (inside only).
Sweetpea has had a pretty hard life as far as doors are concerned and when I got her there were bolts and screws everywhere to hold on various plates and reinforcements to cover cracked door parts. The door handles were held on by bolts and nuts that went right through the doors from the outside and I suspect that this was a handy farm repair. I have re-skinned one door and partially re-framed both of them using sikaflex and rivets rather than the original spot welds and rivets. I suspect the door catches were originally fitted to the frame and not through the door, and my question is "how were these catches fitted? Fitted to the frame before the frame was joined to the door, or was there a cut out in the frame (which probably would have weakened the frame) to allow access to the nuts for later fitting? I suspect this is the answer but I am a bit loathe to put a cut out in the frames because of the potential weakening mentioned earlier.
I have a nut riveting tool (rivnuts) that I could use rather than weaken the frame.
Any photographs/info/suggestions are most welcome.
Regards
Glen
P.S there are bound to be a lot more trivial detail questions following, so stay tuned.

There was a 1/4inch plate riveted to the frame with 4 tapped holes for the door handle to scew to.

I use epoxy resin to do a lot of my repairs. It glues as well as builds up and fills holes. If you countersink both sides it holds very well

Cheers Richard