[TR] Rear Seal Installation on TR4/4A/5/250 Hardtop

[keithstewart at bell.net]

Thanks John. Is yours original or was it installed the same way it came off an original car? My car has only 36 000 miles and was purchased from the original owner. Although I have removed the fuzzy seal (red) and the door opening seals so it does not look as neat as your shot, the rear seal, you can see the surrey top frame installed in this first picture. There is no interference between the seal and the frame for the surrey top. The second picture shows the detail at the end of the seal. The amount of compression of the seal and the low mileage would suggest it has always been this way. Once the rubber seal and fuzzy seal are installed, I am not sure it would look any stranger than the rubber seal and fuzzy seal around the door openings.

 

Thanks for your install info and for the excellent photos. 

 

Keith

 

 

From: John Linney <john at linneyweb.com> 
Sent: July 28, 2020 1:29 PM
To: keithstewart at bell.net
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Rear Seal Installation on TR4/4A/5/250 Hardtop

 

It is glued to the hardtop. If it were glued to the backlight, I doubt you would get the Surrey Top canvas sticks to fit properly.  It would also look terrible. There’s a fur flex strip that goes completely around the backlight and door openings.







On Jul 28, 2020, at 9:23 AM, <keithstewart at bell.net <mailto:keithstewart at bell.net> > <keithstewart at bell.net <mailto:keithstewart at bell.net> > wrote:

 

Does anyone have experience with the correct installation of the rear seal for the hardtop to backlight on these models? Most vendors TRF, Moss, Rimmers, Revington, etc.) “imply” that the seal is attached to the rear surface of the hardtop. However, on my original 67 TR4A (36 000 miles), the seal is glued to the top horizontal surface of the backlight. Your thoughts and wisdom are most welcome.

 

Keith Stewart

keithstewart at bell.net <mailto:keithstewart at bell.net> 

 

 

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