I checked this out with Dave at Rimmer early last summer. They have
a fiberglass top which is molded in black and has the liner and rear
window installed. It is in the latest Rimmer catalog. I had found an
original steel hardtop w/out the rear glass so I asked him if he could
get a seal for it. The answer was no. I suspect it has to do with
the difference in the size or shape of the fiberglass vs steel flange
to which the seal fits.
Mike Ross
'67 Spitfire (soon to be a Spit 6)
'66 Spitfire
'69 GT6 (parts car)
'70 GT6
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard B Gosling" <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
To: "spitfires" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 4:22 AM
Subject: Re: MK II Rear Window Seal
>
> Suzie wrote -
> 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??
>
> Just a guess here, but it is quite possible that the Rimmers hard
top differs
> from the factory hard-top, so the rear window seal for that will
not
> necessarily suit those who need a replacement for their original
hard-top. It
> could be worth asking, although I have had the feeling before now
that, while
> their guys are quite competent at getting the correct part number
out of the
> correct box, they don't always know our cars in intimate details -
fair
> enough, they cover a lot of models and no-one could know all of
them as well
> as the best of us know our cars.
>
> Richard and Daffy
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