re: '... Contact cement is very difficult to remove...'
Get some '3M General Purpose Adhesive Remover Cleaner' #08984. It cannot be
sold in California so you know it's good stuff.
Bob
On 12/31/2014 6:15 AM, Michael Salter wrote:
> I know that this is a very old thread but with photos now being available I
> have an opportunity to clear up this question.
> Despite the doubts expressed by many BN1s prior to body #4129 did have
> sealing strips in the boot lid channel in the
> rear shroud.
> According to the parts book these seals were used in addition to the seal on
> the lid but I have been unable to confirm
> definitively if the seals were in fact used together.
> The photos below are of the seal in a very low mileage very early 100
> provided courtesy of David Kerry.
>
>
>
> Michael S
> BN1 #174
>
>
> All 100s, 100/6s and 3000s had the boot lid seals installed on the boot
> lid, not in the channel of the rear shroud.
> So there is no exception, even not for early 100s.
>
> Josef Eckert
> Konigswinter/Germany
>
>
>
> Over the years I have noted that many 100's had the boot lid seal
> installed
> in the channel in the rear shroud rather than on the boot lid as it always
> was on the 6 cylinder cars.
> I had always considered that this was a 'restorer's error" but I have
> photographs of earlier cars showing the seal positioned in the shroud
> channel although, I also have photographs of a very original BN2 which
> clearly shows that the seal is on the lid.
> I also have a couple of rough but original early 100 boot lids that show
> no
> evidence of adhesive in the corner of their flanges. Contact cement is
> very
> difficult to remove and is usually just painted over leaving evidence of
> its presence.
> Anyone out there with an early BN1 which they are sure has never been "got
> at" that could confirm this for me beforeIi glue the seal onto #174.
>
> Michael S
> BN1 #174
>
>
>
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