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Re: TR-3A fender attachment

To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Subject: Re: TR-3A fender attachment
From: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 07:12:50 -0400
Cc: Dennis & Bridget Lambert <lambertd@flash.net>, shang@sonet.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <199908090159.UAA27852@neptune.sonet.net> <37AE656D.1DB36E47@flash.net> <37AE7161.C1D6A6DA@gte.net>
Joe, please lets remember "Henry F" with the "T'S & A'S, welting was around
everything that had 2 pieces of metal connected by a bolt.

Joe Curry wrote:

> I have seen a lot of messages on the subject announcing how this strip
> is "unnecessary".  Perhaps it is.  If Triumph deemed it unnecessary, who
> are we to question this?
>
> However, Most car manufacturers that used bolt on fenders in the past
> used a rubber (or synthetic rubber) welting that went between these
> metal parts.  Most even allowed it to show as a decorative bead between
> the parts.  There must be some reason to do this.  After all, millions
> upon millions of Volkswagen Beetles were equipped this way and certainly
> they must have known something.
>
> Joe
>
> Dennis & Bridget Lambert wrote:
> >
> > Shannon,
> > Of all the responses so far, you are the only one who also has or had
> > this gasket.
> > Mine looked like a thin rubber gasket, sort of like weather-stripping -
> > not like a caulking gun installed material.  I am leaning toward not
> > replacing it. I have to agree that it should be unnecessary for either
> > electrolysis or rattle prevention.  If it does harden and crack over
> > time, it could cause more problems than it attempts to solve (IMHO).  If
> > I am really wrong on this, everyone please let me know.
> > Thanks, Dennis Lambert
>
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>  -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer


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