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  • Mike M.
    Expired
    • September 30, 1999
    • 710
    #1

    C2 vent window frame

    Can someone tell me if the vent window frame is SS or is it plated. It does attract a magnet.
    Thanks Mike
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    • James W.
      Extremely Frequent Poster
      • December 1, 1990
      • 2640
      #2
      Re: C2 vent window frame

      It is chrome plated.

      Best Regards,

      James West
      Omaha, NE.
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        • Denis M.
          Infrequent User
          • July 31, 1990
          • 10
          #3
          Re: C2 vent window frame

          Mike; I had my 65 coupe vent window welded this winter. The hinge spot welds seperated from the vent frame. Buffed and cleaned all parts then tig welded as SS. To my knowledge it stainless. Denis
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            • Clem Z.
              Expired
              • January 1, 2006
              • 9427
              #4
              Re: C2 vent window frame

              a lot of stainless steels are magnetic
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                • James W.
                  Extremely Frequent Poster
                  • December 1, 1990
                  • 2640
                  #5
                  Re: C2 vent window frame

                  If it attracts a magnet, it is a low carbon plated steel. If it was a 304 or 316 stainless steel it would not attact a magnet. A 409 grade stainless will attract a magnet but I doubt it is made of that.

                  James West
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                    • Mike M.
                      NCRS Past President
                      • May 31, 1974
                      • 8365
                      #6
                      Re: C2 vent window frame

                      Agree with dennis. i've had to stainless weld several coupe hinges, and then simply buffed away the discoloration associated with stainless mig welding of the two seperated pieces. BTW, remove the glass, drill a couple 1/8" holes thru the window frame, then weld the hinge fron the glass side of the window frame. no telltale weld beads judgable. mike
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                        • Mike M.
                          Expired
                          • September 30, 1999
                          • 710
                          #7
                          Must Be SS

                          I had the vent hinge welded on and the heat marks buff right off. So it must be SS. I'm glad I had it welded with SS rod. The guy who welded it for thought it was plated and wanted to use steel rod. I started to doubt myself when the magnet seemed to stick really hard to it. I thought it may stick to some SS but the hold wouldn't seem as firm.
                          Thanks Mike
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                            • Scott Butville
                              #8
                              Re: Must Be SS

                              Most GM vent windows, but not Corvette, were made at the GM hardware plant in Trenton NJ. From the time I started there in '60 until vent windows were dropped from most passenger cars for '68, I never saw a stainless glass frame. It seems unlikely that the Corvette would have been made differently than all the others. Cold rolled steel can be polished and buffed to look like stainless, it just won't stay that way. The frames on my '64 are chrome plated cold rolled steel for sure.
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                                • Dave K.
                                  Very Frequent User
                                  • November 1, 1999
                                  • 951
                                  #9
                                  Re: Must Be SS

                                  I just had my 66 convertible vent windows chrome plated. I don't think that the chrome plater would plate a SST substrate.

                                  Dave Kitch
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                                    • Denis M.
                                      Infrequent User
                                      • July 31, 1990
                                      • 10
                                      #10
                                      Re: Must Be SS

                                      Is it conceiveable that Coupes are stainless and convt. are chrome?
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