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I have a nice rust free set of vent windows for my ‘53 project. I have carefully disassembled them so that I could sandblast paint and put in new seals and glass. The stud pivot at the bottom of the window is stripped where the nuts were on both of them. Are new studs available anywhere?

Pa Farmer - I did some web searching and found only the upper pivot "rivet" is being offered. You can get replacement lower pivot tension springs, but the studs aren't being reproduced.

Baring purchasing complete replacement wing windows, you could possibly try and rethread the existing studs with a die, although this may not leave the remaining undersized stud with enough strength to do it's job.

As I recall, that stud has a tee bracket that's riveted to the frame. A guy with a welder could weld a cut off bolt to that tee bracket, and then rivet it back on the frame. [on edit] Here's a couple of pictures.

Or if you post in the Swap Meet, someone may have a rusted up wing window that has a serviceable stud on it. I built my wing windows from two sets, but unfortunately pitched the rusted up ones or I'd send you the part you need.