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Inspect Window Frame and Mountings

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The Last ORIGINAL 1994 Brickyard 400 Car Runs Again! Travis Bell's "Barn Find" is Going Home!

What happens here

After removing the window, inspect the frame for any signs of the original mounting. The owner points out rivet holes around the window frame, indicating how the window was secured. The original window broke during the 1994 Brickyard 400, leading to a scramble by the pit crew to replace it, using whatever fasteners were available at the time. This highlights the improvised nature of early race car repairs.

Goal: Examine the construction and repair methods of the race car's window frame.

Tools and materials

  • Race Car — The part of the car being inspected
  • Rivets/Fasteners N/A — Securing the window to the frame

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there's some rivet holes there magic holes that that aren't supposed to be there because that's how the windows are held in all right so we're just and in the video when you see them come in the pit lane they're just and the nascar officials are sitting there with their arms and uh and it's just taken off and it doesn't fit and they tried to tape it in yeah it was the most ridiculous thing you've ever seen but then uh they need a magical caution and guess what happened was that seat belt clip original to the car yeah that's how it is how they were all built after not too long after that incident we they started instituting because at the time like everybody had their own way to hold these windows in it was every team was a little different they were a little bit and then they came out with those little little push clips or whatever yeah so once they came out with those and then you know people started putting three or four so finally so let's say he's gonna have two of these clips in here this is where they go this is how it works and the driver couldn't the yeah he had no access to get the window out basically the only way you could reach it was be out of your belts not from just reaching over and going so was this a common thing back then for people to put a buckle here and pop that yeah i never noticed that i mean i've seen this car in here a bunch of times we had to build a whole new

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