Hi, Jack -
The bevel on the front edge of the long piece to which the hinges are
attached is probably there to match the taper of the side pieces, which are
thinner at the top and wider at the bottom. Perhaps the attached sketches
and photos will help.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
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From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of P.J.Aeckerlin
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 1:57 PM
To: Healeys
Subject: BJ8 Rear seat back
Friends,
I don't understand the way the rear seat back of my BJ8 functions.
Please remember I bought the car in pieces, and the 3-piece rear seat
back was in fact a 25-piece item: most of the wood had fallen apart
(the hinges are still okay) and the part that, according to pictures,
should be stationary was held together by its plastic(?) covering. I
renewed both 'fold-out' wooden parts and made a new stationary part out
of what we call triplex over here: 3 layers of wood, glued together.
(believe now the correct name is plywood).
Trying to put the new parts together I notice that the long piece of
wood which reinforces the plywood part and carries the hinges does not
have a rectangular cross section but is chamfered (has a slope). If I
glue or screw that part to the plywood things don't look right to me
and I suddenly wonder whether the material of which the stationary part
was originally made had an angle at one side.
I apologize for the childish descriptions, but English/American isn't my
mother tongue.........
Is there anyone out there who can advise me on this? And does anyone
know why the wood is sloping?
If it would help I can make some pictures showing my problem.
Regards
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
1964 BJ8 29432
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