Doug,
The rubber strips on my TD are untouched since original assembly.
The front rubber starts at one bottom corner and weaves as one piece
to the other bottom corner. The two bolts that secure the front chrome
bonnet strip support are short bolts that push the rubber strip down. The
bolts' nuts and ends are inside/above the rubber.
At the rear there are two strips, each starting at the bottom of the
plywood firewall ending at the bonnet strip support. The support is
screwed directly to the wood; it's not sandwiched.
On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 08:43:49 +1300 "Douglas Ormrod"
<Douglas.Ormrod@neurological.org.nz> writes:
> As you can see I have now made it to the front of the car in the
> reassembly process and have a couple of questions re the rubber
> strips
> that the hood sits on.
>
> The lacing that weaves its way round the radiator shell is in two
> parts
> and comes out the last hole on the top an inch or so from the centre
> of
> the shell. Question one is do I just glue it in place before it gets
> to
> the indent that the little chrome support for top hood hinge sits
> in, or
> tuck it underneath said hinge support and pass the bolts through
> the
> rubber? Or perhaps sandwich it between the inner and outer hinge
> supports?
>
> Similarly at the rear there is a rubber strip that is tacked to the
> wooden firewall strip which has another little chrome support that
> the
> top hood hinge strip sits in. Do I screw the hinge support through
> the
> rubber - or fix it straight to the wood and stop the rubber at
> either
> side? Or perhaps cut a bit out of the rubber but leave the outer
> bead
> continuous?
>
> Thanks
>
> Douglas
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