Here is a full view of the window frame:
7 R door window.jpg
The front and rear 3/4 vents and covered over in glass, so we cut the vent holes and added a little more grp to the front sections and quite a lot onto the rear ones, to allow for the addition of first perspex and later glass, maybe 6 - 8mm thick.
6 R bonnet vents.jpg
9 R rear vent windows.jpg
The bmw filler flap has a large gap to the body and Chris kindly reduced this to give a better appearance. The door handles, catches, links and lock mechanisms took a lot of time thought, design changes and several different craftsmen for the final presentation.
The handles are a thing of beauty. First the blacksmith bent the 8 x 25mm stainless bars into the designed outline. Then I cut, ground and smoothed them into the desired [GTB style] shape and sectioned to fit . . . the precision engineers then made up some sections to be welded onto the handles and accept rod links, held in place with 5mm grub screws.
These fit the door and the rods meet with a movable link attached, with P clips, across the back of the oem plastic handle.
The lock is left in place and operated by a lengthened key, with a tube attached to the end of the barrel and another chrome key slot next to the handle.
I can bore for Britain about these if you need a cure for insomnia . . . .
8 R filler flap and door handle.jpg
15 up R side.JPG