Chris, the plastic trim inserts that fit in the front seal are not pre-bent to
begin with. They come in a loose roll, so heating and shaping will not be
required. I've also been told that the GT6 rear hatch seal works well as a
substitute for the early hard top rear window seal, but I've not tried it.
Got to find the glass, first!
Take care,
Jeff McNeal (San Diego)
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'70 GT6+ "Accidental", eventual restoration project
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chris De Wet
To: 'William Davies' ; Alan Morris ; spitfires@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 6:45 AM
Subject: RE: Glazer for hardtop window needed
Thanks for the info Bill.
Are the rear plastic finishers available ?
Due to the extreme African sun the plastic finishers don't last very long ,
so I would really rather prefer to obtain the early metal finisher . Might
take me another 7 years though :-)
I have looked at the rear glass metal finisher on my early Herald 1200
Coupe
( smooth roof version without the side ribs ) , but it is the wide / broad
variety and won't fit as far as I can see . Maybe the later thin type would
, but unfortunately I don't have such a metal finisher available .
Also , just out of curiosity , can the Spitfire front windscreen rubber
plastic finisher be successfully heated and re-bent to fit the hard top
rear
glass rubber ?
Kind regards .
Chris de Wet .
PO Box 472 , Ifafi , 0260 , South Africa .
1933 Chevrolet 3 window Coupe .
1956 Triumph TR 3 .
1962 Triumph Herald 1200 Coupe .
1964 Triumph Spitfire 4 ( Mk 1 ) .
1967 Triumph GT 6 Mk 1 .
-----Original Message-----
From: William Davies [mailto:bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 2:16 PM
To: Chris De Wet; Alan Morris; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Glazer for hardtop window needed
Hi Chris,
The early Spitfire hardtop rear seal is another "Rarebits4classics"
product scheduled for delivery around the end of the year. I expect to have
the first samples for test fitting around the end of this month. This will
be a continuous section to be cut to length. Estimated cost will be around
25 pounds sterling.
The chrome finisher is the same extruded plastic section as used on the
front seal. It is possible that very early cars had anodised aluminium
trims
as on the earlier Herald 1200, but I've not seen any of this type.
Standard-Triumph moved to the plastic trim for most applications from 1963.
Cheers,
Bill.
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