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Re: BN7 Help Needed

To: John Snyder <helyjohn@cablespeed.com>,
Subject: Re: BN7 Help Needed
From: Neil McDonald <nimcdonald@shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:44:59 -0700
Supplementary cup question - what are the overall cup dimensions? I need to
make myself a pair.

Neil
...........................................................
Neil McDonald
BN6
North Vancouver BC
Canada

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Snyder" <helyjohn@cablespeed.com>
To: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>; "Healeys"
<healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: BN7 Help Needed


> Hi Rich,
>
> I made a pattern for my first BN7 MK2 off the fenders b/4 the body panels
> went to the shop because I was afraid they would lose these holes.
>
> From leading edge of the fender = 4 1/2" back
>
> From fender bead edge = 11/16" out
>
> I have never yet had a BN7 come to me w/ the top bow "cups". (How can you
> lose something that big?)  I make my own.  The wood block is high enough
so
> that there is 1" from the top of the carpet to the top of the box/cup.
The
> top of the wood is level, which means the bottom must be trimmed to match
> the floor panel.  Just eyeballed this from the photos in the A/M book.  So
> far, no one has said that they are wrong...but the cars have not been
> Concours judged.
>
> John Snyder
>
> ---- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
> To: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 4:42 PM
> Subject: BN7 Help Needed
>
>
> > Hello all, I am assembling a late BN7 tricarb and need to know a couple
of
> details. Could somebody with a BN6 or BN7 (2 seater) give me the location
of
> the tenax
>  stud on the rear fender that sits just aft of the turnbutton? Exact
> dimension from leading edge of fender back, and from fender bead edge out.
>  Also, concerning the box assemblies that fasten into the back corners
> behind the seats that receive the top bows when the top is stowed. The
> Anderson/Moment book calls them "cups".  I know these are trimmed in
> interior
>  vinyl, and there is carpet in the bottom. What is the depth of the wood
> inside that the carpet adheres to, and is it level or does the bottom
slope?
> > Many thanks in advance.
> > Rich Chrysler





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