Are they made of platinum alloy?

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

Not quite

You know what's worse than Cooper S Tax; MG Owner tax.

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

Years ago when Porsche and VW shared a few components you would pay a few dollars for the VW part and a few hundred for the same part from Porsche.
They just price things on what they think the customer will pay.

As they say in the antiques game, if it doesn't sell just keep putting the price up till it does sell.

Steve

There is a barrel lock retaining clip or circlip that is difficult to fit in this exercise and will probably drop into the door base. the seam is wedged there and Murphy's Law says it will be hard to remove. Hence putting rag down is good but these parts are about 50 cents each and i recommend that you get a few of them in parallel to replacement snail springs.

As a good friend of me once put it and i quote: "anything to do with rebuilding a wind-up window door is 'character building' " Best of luck mate.

Wayne

If you bend the channel shaped piece out a little, you don't need this circlip, which I agree is an absolute PITA to fit.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.