[Healeys] Hard Top interior lining and padding.

[Tracy Drummond]

Sounds stock.

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From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Derek Job
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 3:24 AM
To: Per Schoerner
Cc: Forum
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Hard Top interior lining and padding.

I should have mentioned that the pointed metal piece on the drivers side is
no longer there which was the cause of the problem. All of the metal bits
are very rusty and appear to be attached to the wood with small tacks.

Derek


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Per Schoerner <per at schoerner.se> wrote:

> Derek
> What you have appears to be the original thing. At least it 
> corresponds to what I found on my hard top, which had been sitting in 
> a shed for 35 years before I got my hands on it.
>
> Per
>
> Derek Job skrev 2013-09-27 11:53:
>
>> I had an interesting moment at Shelsley Walsh last weekend when, on 
>> entering the esses the front padded 'bolster' fell down on the 
>> drivers side hitting the wheel and ending up in my lap. The left side 
>> stayed in place so I had the thing diagonally across the windsrcreen 
>> for the remainder of the run.
>>
>> I removed it entirely for the last run. Just been examining its 
>> construction and fitting and have no idea if what I have is how it 
>> should be. The bolster is basically a piece of curved wood which is 
>> padded and covered in what looks  like original style material. The 
>> wood itself appears to be three  sheets of thin ply which are now 
>> separating in places.
>> There are three, flat, pointed, metal pieces attached to the front 
>> and one at each end. These simply jam into the gaps between the 
>> aluminium moulding and the fibreglass. There is an arrow pencil 
>> marked on the wood indicating which is the front of the wooden piece. 
>> Sort of thing that would be pencilled marked during construction but 
>> the whole thing looks a bit home made.
>>
>> Does any one have an original that they could describe?
>>
>> Derek
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