Just a follow-up to an old thread I stated.
I obtained a new ash tray from AH Spares. I used an old insert with a
re-chromed correct lid.
John
San Jose, CA
'62 tri-carb
At 07:24 PM 4/7/2011 -0700, Earl Kagna wrote:
>John:
>
>I'm just working my way through this ashtray thing right now. The
>new astray I bought - sourced fro Autofarm in Ontario - will not
>take the original insert without a lot of fiddling, at least the one
>I got didn't. The lids 'legs' are bowed - not flat to the ashtray
>body sides - which they have to be to clear the insert when it's
>installed. The 'new' insert is much narrower so the 'bowed' legs
>clear with no problem. Hard to explain, but immediately clear once
>the whole mess is in your hands. I 'unbowed' the legs in order to
>stay with the original insert - receptacle and lid - it worked
>fairly well. The chrome shop is having another go at the original
>body / lid, and I should see it in a couple of days. I'll use
>whichever arrangement comes out best. Am I nuts with this or what!
>
>If you go the re-chroming route, make sure that the chrome shop
>understands how the parts fit together and work. There's very
>little clearance - if the plating gets too thick, the lid will bind
>on the body and you won't have that 'concours snap'. For me, the
>cost of re-chroming was about the same as a new ashtray - around $60.00 or so.
>
>Let me (us) know what route you choose.
>
>
>Earl Kagna
>Victoria, B.C.
>BJ8, BT7 tri-carb
>
>
>-----Original Message----- From: john spaur
>Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 6:19 PM
>To: healeys@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Healeys] Ashtray style
>
>The ashtray in my '62 BT7 has a lid that flips sideways with an
>oblong hole under the main lid that rotates open. I am told that the
>available ashtrays no longer have the inner lid with an oblong hole.
>I am thinking it would be less expensive to get a new ashtray instead
>of re-chroming the old one.
>
>Does anyone know if the new style ashtrays will accept the inner ash
>receptacle from the old style ashtrays?
>
>Thank you,
>John Spaur
>San Jose, California
>
>
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