I posted the note below last week. I would like to extend thanks to Bob
Wanta for correctly pointing out that Spitfires had the longer clips I
was seeking. Went to the local salvage place and found a beat up Spit
with one door containing the sought after clips. Installed them on my
TR6 and the seals are staying pretty tight!
Thanks Bob!
Peter Zaborski
76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
Calgary AB Canada
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Zaborski
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 1997 11:14 AM
> To: 'TR6 List'; 'british-cars@autox.team.net'
> Subject: door outer waist seal clips
>
> Background:
> On a TR6 (and I assume a number of other British cars as well)
> there are rubber seals on the tops of the doors called "outer waist
> seals". These seals are held in place with U-shaped clips made of
> spring steel which have "hooks" to grab the rubber of the seal and the
> lip of the door metal. The TR6 parts catalogs all list only one clip
> type for the car (14 of them are required to do both doors).
>
> Problem:
> On my TR6 (76) the doors have a slightly longer lip towards the
> back of the door to which the seal attaches. This part of the lip is
> about 3/16" longer than the rubber seal. This means the clips which
> work on the rest of the door are too "shallow" at this point - the
> clip hooks grab only the very tip of the seal. Of course this part of
> the seal (ie. the part which curves to follow the contour of the door
> at that point) is the weak link and this is where they most often
> fail.
>
> Question:
> I have one slightly deeper clip which was on my car on one door
> and this would nicely solve the problem. The question is where can I
> get a couple more of these longer/deepr clips to use on the rear part
> of the seal? I know they exist cause I have one. The only thing I
> don't know is which car uses these deeper clips so I can order the
> right part number. Anyone out there who has followed my description
> know which car uses the deeper clips? The listed clip is 3/8" deep,
> the one I need is 9/16" deep.
>
> Thanks to all for any help on this one.
>
> Peter Zaborski
> 76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
> Calgary AB Canada
>
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