[Healeys] trunk woes

[Rich C]

Brad and Andy,

As you examine all the trunk Armacord pieces you'll see that some edges are 
unbound. These edges will always be covered or hidden from view when 
finished. This is an important clue as to installation sequence.
For all the glueing I use either 3M's spray contact glue liberally applied 
to both surfaces, or a top quality brush on contact glue. Do not use the 
"green" water based glue for this applicaton.
I always start with the left compound curved wheel arch covering, installing 
exactly as Andy's picture shows.
Then you can carefully prefit the left and right vertical bulkhead covers. 
You'll find that they are often cut too large and need to be trimmed back 
some for best fit. When glueing these in, I avoid glueing over the fender 
fasteners in case you ever need to get in there for future work. Once glued 
in place you can find the weld nuts in the wheel arches for the left tire 
block bolts and poke holes through and fasten the block in place. Same on 
the right side for the battery bulkhead wood, only the bolts with flats will 
fit through from the wheel arch into the captive speed nuts in the wood 
strip.
The forward bulkhead piece is the largest and most awkward one to fit, so 
prefit carefully. You'll find you need to notch out "fingers" where the 
Armacord comes down in front of the fuel tank area and fits snugly over and 
around the fuel tank strap anchor brackets. Also they originally punched a 
small hole in the Armacord for the fuel line to enter through the bulkhead, 
with a single cut down from the hole to get it in place. The Armacord 
originaly went well down below the surface of the tank, so depending on 
whether the tank is out or not, you may need to cheat here and cut the total 
length back so it just disappears in front of the tank. At the top dge, the 
armacord does not extend to the vertical flange, as shown in these 
pictures.When this is all adjusted for fit, thoroughly glue both surfaces. 
This will be pressed into each pressed waffle pattern on the bulkhead so 
these shapes show through when finished.  Find holes for the wood block and 
fit. Note pictures.
Part 2 to follow......

Rich Chrysler 

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