I think Suzie makes an excellent point in that if new, original spec tops
are being manufactured (which they clearly are), then certainly the seals
are also being manufactured. The question is, by who and how can they be
obtained? It would stand to reason that Rimmer should be able to stock the
seals by purchasing them from the same vendor building the hard tops. Why
aren't they?
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mitchell, Doug (D.B.) <dmitchel@ford.com>
To: 'Suzie' <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>; Spitfire <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: MK II Rear Window Seal
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Suzie [mailto:suzie_bear@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 3:23 PM
> > To: Spitfire
> > Subject: Re: MK II Rear Window Seal
> >
> >
> >
> > I can't confirm for sure but I think when they rebuilt Baby
> > Blue the garage
> > used a MkIV seal. After twice ordering a MkIII seal from
> > Rimmers & twice
> > receiving a MkIV one they finally asked the question and
> > found that what
> > they wanted wasn't available. It was 2 years ago now but I've
> > just checked
> > through my old bills and it seems that somehow they made use
> > of the MkIV
> > seal by cutting it to fit. Is this likely or was the MkIV
> > seal a different
> > profile to the MkIII one?
> >
> > 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??
> >
> > Suzie
> >
> >
>
> While it is possible to use the MK IV rear window seal, I would
> think that it would require a lot of piecing together as the
> MK IV rear window has squarish corners as compared to the earlier
> cars rounded ones.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Doug Mitchell
> mailto:dbmitch@peoplepc.com
> '73 Spitfire 1500
>
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