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We are putting our 1916 Touring car back together. The door hinges have 14 counter sunk screw holes. Were all of them used?
Thanks,
Campbell Tellman II
Beaufort, NC

Yes, all of them were used but...
2 on each side of the hinge used machine screws and square nuts and the rest are wood screws.
One at the top and one at the bottom to make sure the door did not fall off.

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A peculiarity with our Duncan and Fraser built colonial bodies was the use of countersunk 1/4" bolts top and bottom of each hinge, but they had NO screwdriver slot! Nor did they have the square under the head like a plough bolt. I have no idea what they were called if one was to ask for them in a hardware shop. I have been known to be so anal as to scrounge up 4 of them when i restored my 1920 buckboard.

Allan from down under.

The two top and bottom machine screws with the square nuts are the two most important because they go all the way through the wood and secured with the square nuts. They hold the door on securely to prevent it from sagging. The other screws are 3/4” if I remember when I put my 19 Roadster and 21 Touring doors on. I used an 1/8” drill bit for starter holes for the wood screws and used beeswax or bar soap to help screw in the wood screws.

I was missing some of the wood screws and couldn’t find duplicates like them that weren’t threaded all the way to the countersunk head. I wound up using the same type screw that were threaded all the way and were plated! That may be a no no for some folks but I did touch up the heads with black paint!!

Thanks for your input!
Campbell Tellman II
Beaufort, NC