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Re: Unknown

To: peter.svilans@rogers.com
Subject: Re: Unknown
From: Douglas W Flagg <dwflagg@juno.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:45:19 -0500
Peter,

Thanks for the info. The panels (black) are in almost like new condition
and are available to anyone for the 
cost of shipping. Please contact me off the list. Thanks.

Doug
"56 BN2 )Healey Blue)

> Doug,
> 
> You appear to have a pair of inner upper door liners for a 
> four-cylinder.
> Checking my patterns gives a length of 26" (parallelogram shape) and 
> a width
> of 6 1/4" with three holes on the bottom edge.  Material was 
> panelboard (also
> called millboard).  I seem to remember trimming an early BN 1 about 
> 20 years
> ago that had these panels originally in plywood, but I won't swear 
> to it now.
> You should be able to tell if its original by the grain of the vinyl 
> material,
> its backing, the look of the screw holes, and also the fact that 
> most Healey
> plywood panels had chamfered edges. The lower part of the door liner 
> was just
> vinyl glued directly to the metal.
> 
> On the six, these liners became three millboard pieces- upper, lower 
> and door
> bottom.  The parallelogram-shaped door bottoms look similar, as Rich 
> says, but
> the dimensions are 27.5" long and 4.5" wide.




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