> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzie [mailto:suzie_bear@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 3:23 PM
> To: Spitfire
> Subject: Re: MK II Rear Window Seal
>
>
>
> I can't confirm for sure but I think when they rebuilt Baby
> Blue the garage
> used a MkIV seal. After twice ordering a MkIII seal from
> Rimmers & twice
> receiving a MkIV one they finally asked the question and
> found that what
> they wanted wasn't available. It was 2 years ago now but I've
> just checked
> through my old bills and it seems that somehow they made use
> of the MkIV
> seal by cutting it to fit. Is this likely or was the MkIV
> seal a different
> profile to the MkIII one?
>
> One other thought. Having just looked in the Rimmers
> catalogue trying to
> refresh my memory I see they're offering a GRP MkIII hard top
> complete with
> rear window fitted. If someone's fitting the
> rear glass to these surely that means that particular someone
> has a source
> of the correct seals??
>
> Suzie
>
>
While it is possible to use the MK IV rear window seal, I would
think that it would require a lot of piecing together as the
MK IV rear window has squarish corners as compared to the earlier
cars rounded ones.
Cheers,
--
Doug Mitchell
mailto:dbmitch@peoplepc.com
'73 Spitfire 1500
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