[Healeys] Replacing perspex in hardtop

[Tracy Drummond]

Factoid.  Both 4 and 2 seaters can use the same Perspex.  More is trimmed
from the outside bottom for 2 seaters. 

Also If someone is restoring one I still have a few sets of the special
hardwood pieces needed for a proper resto.

Tracy

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Derek Job
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:32 AM
To: Per Schoerner
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Replacing perspex in hardtop

Thanks Per.

I forgot to mention that when I was at AH Spares they told me that all the
perspex screens are deliberately made slightly too large so will need to be
trimmed. Obviously it helps if you have the old one to use as a template.
The reason they do this is because all hardtops were slightly different so
they want to ensure that it can be fitted to all.


Derek
On 12 Feb 2014, at 22:35, Per Schoerner <per at schoerner.se> wrote:

> Derek
> I did this last year. I had a window made locally, which means I had 
> to trim
it to fit myself. Anyway, no aluminium has to be removed, just remove the
locking seal, then the window and rubbers should go out fairly easy. Mine
did anyway, almost fell out of itself.
> Then install the rubber seals and the window in it. Your window is 
> already
trimmed I suppose, so you don't have to do that. It should go in fairly
easy.
I used an old screw driver I had made smooth to pry the rubber seal over the
aluminium edge when I needed a tool, otherwise I just used my hands. Then
install the locking strip.
> Before wind screen were glued in place, say in the 70's and before 
> that,
wind screens (and rear windows) were installed using a length of thin ropeto
force the rubber seal over the steel edge in the window opening, no need to
do that here.
>
> Per
>
> Derek Job skrev 2014-02-12 16:52:
>
>> Does anyone have any tips for doing this job. To remove the old 
>> perspex do
I
>> just  remove the 'locking' rubber seal, then the perspex, then the 
>> window
seal
>> or do any of the aluminium pieces need to be removed??
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