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Re: weatherstripping (two questions)

To: "Curtis Carlson" <carlson@navtech.com>
Subject: Re: weatherstripping (two questions)
From: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 08:51:13 -0700
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
References: <v04020a06b382dcf4cce7@[194.192.100.26]> <006601beb41e$e69e38a0$197e14c0@navtech.com>
Reply-to: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
I should have read all of your post. The seal in J.C. Whitney is for a
Bugeye and other early cars with side screens. You obviously have a later
model.

Sorry....

Larry Miller
http://www.ado13.com
DIPLOMACY IS SAYING "NICE DOGGY" UNTIL YOU FIND A ROCK.





----- Original Message -----
From: Curtis Carlson <carlson@navtech.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 8:27 AM
Subject: weatherstripping (two questions)


> Fellow listers:
>
> I know we've been through this before, and I checked the archives before I
> sent out this email, but didn't find the answer to my question:
>
> Does anyone know where to find the weatherstripping for sealing a hardtop
to
> the car?  I'm not interested in finding the rubber which seals the windows
> into the hardtop (they're easy to come by), and I already bought the seals
> for the roll-up windows (with the windlace).  I'm interested in the seal
> along the windshield top, and the seal along the back of the hardtop where
> it contacts the rear of the cockpit.  The front one, is nearly identical
to
> the seal on the headerrail of the ragtop, but the rear seal is smaller
> diameter and much longer of course.  Both seals are fixed to the hardtop
via
> a small aluminum channel which is pop-riveted to the top.
>
> Also, I know there were two different kinds of hardtops with different
> profiles. However, I don't know which was which or where they came from.
> Was one a "factory" hardtop?  One was very "bulbous" looking....kinda like
a
> football helmet.  One was more angular, with a lower profile.  In the
lower,
> more angular model, I know they came with textured tops and with smooth
> tops....mine is the lower, more angular model, with a smooth finish. Does
> anyone know who made these?  I have dismantled it in entirety, removing
all
> seals, raingutters, and windows but have found no identifying marks.  In
the
> center of the hardtop, below the rear window, there is a slightly receeded
> horizontal oval with two holes at either end which looks like it would be
> the likely place for a serial number plate, but alas, none is
there.....any
> ideas?
>
> Thanks in Advance....
>
> Curt
>
>
>
> Curtis Carlson
> '66 Austin Healey Sprite MkIII ("Gerty") HAN8L-63423
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>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mikkel Pedersbęk <mikkel@isa.dknet.dk>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 9:49 AM
> Subject: Lightbulbs and listmanners (No LBC content)
>
>
> > Q:  How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a
light
> > bulb?
> >
> > A:  1,331:
> >
> > 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light
> bulb
> > has been changed
> >
> > 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
light
> bulb
> > could have been changed differently.
> >
> > 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
> >
> > 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light
> bulbs.
> >
> > 53 to flame the spell checkers
> >
> > 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
> > discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.
> >
> > 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
> >
> > 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take
> this
> > email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
> >
> > 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
> > alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.
> >
> > 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use light
> bulbs
> > and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list.
> >
> > 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to
> buy
> > the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this
> technique,
> > and what brands are faulty.
> >
> > 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs
> >
> > 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
> URLs.
> >
> > 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
> list
> > which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
> >
> > 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all
headers
> > and footers, and then add "Me Too."
> >
> > 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
> handle
> > the light bulb controversey.
> >
> > 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
> >
> > 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
> >
> > 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
> >
> > 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave
it
> > here.
> >
> > 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
> > -----
> > I love off-topic mails.
> >
> > Regards
> > Mikkel
> > Mikkel Pedersbęk                            email: mikkel@isa.dknet.dk
> > Dreaming of my own Midget MKIII.
> >
>
>


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