I too recently rebuilt my side curtains and had the same problem getting the
rubber piece to go into the notch. What I finally ended up doing was to trim
off the inner lip (the part you are trying to stuff into the slot) and
gluing it in place. I left the lip in place that faces to the outside,
therefore it slips into the slot and forms a solid backing. Anyway it seems
to have worked since I got some use of the side curtains on the return trip
from the autumn MOG at Lime Rock and they didn't fall apart.
Phil Roettjer
67 +4
67 MGB
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blair, John [SMTP:JBlair@scn.spawar.navy.mil]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 8:58 AM
> To: 'morgans@autox.team.net'
> Subject: RE: Side curtains
>
> Tony,
>
> As I remember that was the problem. The Factory changed the side
> curtain
> frames
> Sometime after 65 (I don't know when). They have a new seal,
> unfortunately
> it doesn't
> Fit. I talked to Bob Couch (Morgan Spares) and Penny Bates (Old World
> Restorations)
> Neither of them had the "old" style rubber seals. Bob said that he didn't
> bother restoring
> The side curtains, just buy new ones. However, we can rehab an old set a
> lot cheaper
> Than an new set as long as you are more concerned with function over look.
> For instance
> Trying to sew up the bottom vinyl may not be perfect. But is it worth
> several hundred dollars
> To make the new bottom seams correct? If so you can probably have them
> done
> by a
> Real seamstress at an upholstery shop for under $50.
>
> John
>
> John T. Blair
> jblair@scn.spawar.navy.mil
> SPAWARSYSCEN Chesapeake
> Chesapeake, VA (757) 523-8133
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tjsouz@epix.net [SMTP:tjsouz@epix.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 11:02 AM
> To: John T. Blair
> Cc: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Side curtains
>
> John T. Blair wrote:
> >
> >
> > Have you ordered the rubber from Restoration Specialities? When
> I did, several years ago, the stuff I got wouldn't work. The base was way
> too wide. In fact, I ordered stuff from about 3 different places and
> could
> not get anything close. I went so far as to get a bid to have the stuff
> made.
> >
> > Do you have a part # for the rubber from R.S.?
> >
> > John
> >
> John,
>
> I must admit it was almost twenty years ago that I did the +4 side
> screens and I do remember stuffing the rubber in was a difficult
> chore.
> I'm almost sure it came from R.S. I have used their Tee rubber for
> windscreen bottom flaps a number of times and it works OK there.
>
> For windscreen rubber it's probably best to get the factory
> replacement
> material which is sized and corners glued. I have some for my next
> sidescreen rebuilds, maybe this winter.
>
> Tony
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