OK- I'll let you all in on my secret... I got the weather stripping I'm
going to use from Restoration Specialty and Supply in Windber,
Pa.(814)-467-9282 www.restorationspecialties.com
They list it as "Sports Car Windlace- Cloth Covered... Replacement door
weatherstrip for 1962-66 Chrysler Corp. Cars. Rubber Bulb Seal With A
Colored Cloth Covering. Snaps On Metal Edge" Available in many colors- $3.00
a foot.Part #500SC Sports Car
I got mine at Hershey from them, but the guy told me they were closing it
out, that they were replacing it with a "better quality" one. However, what
I got, other than color, was identical to what came with my car when I
bought it(except it was in nice condition.) I managed to get it on closeout
sale price- $1.50 a foot...Actually, I offered him "$20 for 20'" and he took
my offer! I ended up with a blue grey, which can easily be re-colored. The
weave also matches what I see in any of the close pictures in Costigan's
book on Herald and Vitesse.
Unfortunately, all I was able to get from England was the "fuzzy" rubber-
not at all the same covering. I was going to use that, until I found the
other.
So there- you got it out of me!
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kelly" <bk54@erols.com>
To: "John Kipping" <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>
Cc: "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>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 1:39 AM
Subject: Re: [triumph_herald] Herald Progress
> 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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