Door window bottom channels

[Napoleon Boot]

Hi all,

Another of those 'sort it in the Spring' jobs has unexpectedly jumped up the queue. My driver's door window winder has been a bit stiff for a while - today it became apparent why. The metal channel that the door glass sits in has been rusting away merrily for fifty-odd years, expanding and expanding, and today it gave up the ghost.

This is the metal channel that the glass sits on (in a rubber u section), and it sits on top of the window regulator. I've searched in all the usual places but can't find a part number for this metal channel. Replacement regulators are available but don't appear to come with the metal channel I need. Is the only solution to find a second hand piece of glass which still has the metal channel attached? Seems a bit wasteful as I don't need the glass and there's no guarantee that the metal channel will be in a reasonable state.

Is there a similar/generic part for another vehicle that I could use?

My doors are in a shocking state with rusted out bottoms so one of next year's jobs was going to be to find some better doors to replace them; I might just have to look for second hand doors with windows included.

Seb

[Bill_qaz]

On ebay is a crashed minor being dismantled and the doors are for sale but you dont say 2 door or 4 door?
Have you tried as not too far from North London
Minorparts of Oxford — Morris Minor Specialists https://share.google/XzBgLyqoLRu073Pv8

[Napoleon Boot]

Thanks Bill, I look at that site from time to time but not recently, I should get in touch with them. My car's a Traveller so the same doors as a two door saloon I believe?

Seb

[myoldjalopy]

Seb, I had the same problem and located a second-hand channel to which I fitted the old glass with a rubber mallet, if I remember correctly. It was many years ago but is still intact....

[Napoleon Boot]

Seb, I had the same problem and located a second-hand channel to which I fitted the old glass with a rubber mallet, if I remember correctly. It was many years ago but is still intact....

Thanks, that's encouraging!

I've found a couple of intact looking doors on a auction site at a very good price so I think I'll just live with the bust window until I can replace the doors in the spring. The bottoms are rusted through so it's not worth bothering for a short term fix.

Seb

[kevin s]

on one of my other cars (TR7V8) I cleaned the rusty channel up and glued it back on with tigerseal, been like that for severeal years now.

[brixtonmorris]

I have quite a few front door glass with the rail sill attached if anyone is intrested.