[Healeys] Boot lid seal

[Bob Spidell]

re: '... Contact cement is very difficult to remove...'

Get some '3M General Purpose Adhesive Remover Cleaner' #08984.  It cannot be sold in California so you know it's good stuff.

Bob


On 12/31/2014 6:15 AM, Michael Salter wrote:
> I know that this is a very old thread but with photos now being available I have an opportunity to clear up this question.
> Despite the doubts expressed by many BN1s prior to body #4129 did have sealing strips in the boot lid channel in the 
> rear shroud.
> According to the parts book these seals were used in addition to the seal on the lid but I have been unable to confirm 
> definitively if the seals were in fact used together.
> The photos below are of the seal in a very low mileage very early 100 provided courtesy of David Kerry.
>
>
>
> Michael S
> BN1 #174
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:46 PM, josef-eckert at t-online.de <mailto:josef-eckert at t-online.de> <josef-eckert at t-online.de 
> <mailto:josef-eckert at t-online.de>> wrote:
>
>     All 100s, 100/6s and 3000s had the boot lid seals installed on the boot lid, not in the channel of the rear shroud.
>     So there is no exception, even not for early 100s.
>
>     Josef Eckert
>     Konigswinter/Germany
>
>
>
>     Over the years I have noted that many 100's had the boot lid seal installed
>     in the channel in the rear shroud rather than on the boot lid as it always
>     was on the 6 cylinder cars.
>     I had always considered that this was a 'restorer's error" but I have
>     photographs of earlier cars showing the seal positioned in the shroud
>     channel although, I also have photographs of a very original BN2 which
>     clearly shows that the seal is on the lid.
>     I also have a couple of rough but original early 100 boot lids that show no
>     evidence of adhesive in the corner of their flanges. Contact cement is very
>     difficult to remove and is usually just painted over leaving evidence of
>     its presence.
>     Anyone out there with an early BN1 which they are sure has never been "got
>     at" that could confirm this for me beforeIi glue the seal onto #174.
>
>     Michael S
>     BN1 #174
>
>
>


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