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Well Harold, you can have the holes in the molding filled and drill them
where your doors have holes. There is a drawback. The aluminum of the
patches will not look the same after anodizing, or so I have been told. I
guess the TIG weld filler is different from the almost pure aluminum of the
molding. There may be work-arounds. Or maybe new moldings are available
without holes from some supplier.
-Roland
On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 3:21 PM Harold Manifold <manifold@telus.net> wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> My BT7 was missing the RH aluminum cockpit moulding on the top of the
> door. I had the other three pieces and bought the missing 4th piece used on
> eBay. When I went to fit the eBay moulding it required some minor
> reshaping to get it too match the shape of the door. It fits the shape of
> the door very well but the holes are off by about 1/8" and the moulding
> overhangs the rear of the door slightly. I measured the hole location on
> the eBay piece against the original LH moulding and the distance to the
> hole from the end is off by the same 1/8". I can't put new holes in the
> door as the they would be too close to the existing holes.
>
> Is this just another example of variation during manufacturing or could
> the eBay moulding be from an earlier Healey (BA1 or BA2)? I would like to
> find a solution that doesn't require drilling new holes in the door.
>
> Harold
>
> 1960 BT7
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Well Harold, you can have the holes in the molding filled=
and drill them where your doors have holes. There is a drawback. The alumi=
num of the patches will not look the same after anodizing, or so I have bee=
n told. I guess the TIG weld filler is different from the almost pure alumi=
num of the molding. There may be work-arounds. Or maybe new moldings are av=
ailable without holes from some supplier.=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>=
<div dir=3D"auto">-Roland</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div di=
r=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 3:21 PM Harold Manifol=
d <<a href=3D"mailto:manifold@telus.net";>manifold@telus.net</a>> wrot=
e:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bo=
rder-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span>Hello=20
again,</span></font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span></span></font>=C2=A0</div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span>My=C2=A0BT7 was=20
missing the RH aluminum cockpit moulding on the top of the door. I had the =
other=20
three pieces and bought the missing 4th piece used on eBay. When I went to =
fit=20
the eBay moulding it required some minor reshaping=C2=A0to get it too=C2=A0=
match=20
the shape of the door. It fits the shape of the door very well but the hole=
s are=20
off by about 1/8" and the moulding overhangs the rear of the door slig=
htly. I=20
measured the hole location on the eBay piece against the original LH mouldi=
ng=20
and the distance to the hole from the end is off by the same 1/8". I c=
an't put=20
new holes in the door as the they would be too close to the existing=20
holes.</span></font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span></span></font>=C2=A0</div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span>Is this just another=20
example of variation during manufacturing or could the eBay moulding be fro=
m an=20
earlier Healey (BA1 or BA2)?=C2=A0I would like to find a solution that does=
n't=20
require drilling new holes in the door.</span></font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span></span></font>=C2=A0</div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span>Harold</span></font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span></span></font>=C2=A0</div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span>1960=20
BT7</span></font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span></span></font>=C2=A0</div></div>
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