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Re: [triumph_herald] Herald Progress

To: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>
Subject: Re: [triumph_herald] Herald Progress
From: Bill Kelly <bk54@erols.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 01:43:22 -0500
Cc: John Kipping <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>, Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>, spitfires@autox.team.net, triumph_herald@yahoogroups.com, "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@comcast.net>, William Davies <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
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Abd while I'm asking, how about charcoal grey loop Herald carpeting, and 
a white tonneau?

I already have a white ragtop in the basement, courtesy JC Whitney. 
Anybody know who the source might be?

b

Bill Kelly wrote:
> I want a set! I remember the sad day I had to remove the frayed and 
> rusted originals from GA41328LCV for having become a tetanus hazard. The 
> "fuzzy seals" presently installed are too large in diameter for the 
> lovely stainless steel finishers at the top of the windshield, as well 
> as the stamped metal cappings atop the B posts - I want something that 
> fits!
> 
> Plus some wistaria escutcheons, if it's not too much trouble...
> 
> b
> John Kipping wrote:
> 
>> Bill,
>> A company called Silent Channel in Huntingdon used to make the correct 
>> woven
>> type door seal for the Herald.
>> John Kipping
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: William Davies <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
>> To: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>;
>> <triumph_herald@yahoogroups.com>; Scott A. Roberts 
>> <herald1200@comcast.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 11:31 AM
>> Subject: Re: [triumph_herald] Herald Progress
>>
>>
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Scott A. Roberts <herald1200@comcast.net>
>>>
>>>> Two questions for those who might know... According to Costigan's book,
>>>>
>> the push on door seals for a 1200 are GREY not Black (pg. 89- "Door seals
>> fitted to 948s incorporated a fabric section which matched the upholstery
>> colour; 1200 seals were invariably grey...") This is correct?
>>
>>> 1200 seals were generally grey, though later ones may have been colour
>>>
>> coded as on the 13/60. Going off on a tangent (as ever), Mike Costigan 
>> only
>> details the early 948 sealswhich were in fact colour coded, but they 
>> were of
>> a strange composition, the 'U' channel being covered in a plastic
>> impregnated fabric. During 1960 they ceased to be colour coded, with 
>> the 'U'
>> section no longer having any covering and remaining black. The more usual
>> fabric covering became common with the 1200s - I have always presumed 
>> it was
>> introduced at the introduction of that model. I am not aware of any 
>> supplier
>> producing a seal of the correct pattern for any Herald.
>>
>>>    Cheers,
>>>        Bill.
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