The guy who's restoring my GT6 said that the pattern windscreen seals =
don't
fit. You have to get an original one which I did for about =A317 from =
(Sports
Car Supplies in the UK I think). I don't know if the Spitfires are the
same...
Good luck
Ian Southwell, Coventry
GT6 Mk3 x 2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McCoy Reed [SMTP:mccoy@moonflower.uark.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 3:50 PM
> To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: windshield advice needed...
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> I am sorry if this has been covered before, but I don't remember =
seeing
> anything like this posted for the two years I have been on the =
list...
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> I bought a windshield from SICP that claims to be the correct
> windshield. I then had bought the gasket from TRF, who claim that it =
is
> the correct gasket for my car. After getting all my parts together, =
I
> took it to the local windshield shop who installed it, but they ran =
into a
> slight problem. They could get it all the way in, but the rubber =
gasket
> did not seat down properly from the outside. It had at least a
> quarter-inch of space between it and the frame. They told me that =
the
> windshield would not come out inadvertently, but the gasket will look =
bad
> and could result in rust. My questions to the list are:=20
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> 1) Has anyone else experienced this before?
> 2) Does anyone have any suggestions of what to try first?
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> Please help me, I am at a standing point in the restoration.
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> thanks,
> --McCoy Reed
> --1980 Triumph Spitfire 1500
> --Fayetteville, AR
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