[Zmagnette] Original door seal design

[Kelvin Dodd]

Thanks again guys. I had one of those "duh" moments this morning, when I realized that remnants of the original seal were still on my wife's MGA which is stored here at Moss for test fitting parts. 

I took some images to keep on file which illustrate the two piece design as described by David and Ed. Clips are fitted on the vertical sections of the seam. The rubber has a U shaped molded section which slips over the seam and clips. The Furflex has steel grips and is pressed over the rubber. The points of the steel clips keep the rubber from pulling away on the vertical 







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From: Zmagnette [mailto:zmagnette-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Edward Brorein
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 9:40 AM
To: List for the Z Magnette Group - North America
Subject: Re: [Zmagnette] Original door seal design


Hi,

My recollection is like that which David has just shared as well. It's two pieces. Small barbed metal clips push onto the steel lip. The rubber seal then presses onto the steel lip and is held by the barbs on the clips, and then the fuzzy piece gets pushed onto the rubber piece. The rubber piece is flat so it seals really more so along the edges of the doors, not against the face of the door which is how the bulb shaped door seals work (and makes it hard to shut the door!).

Like Dave says, Todd Clarke has reproduced this original style seal for MGAs.

Regards,
Ed

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On Fri, 1/23/15, David Halliday <davidh at egopharm.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Zmagnette] Original door seal design
 To: "List for the Z Magnette Group - North America" <zmagnette at autox.team.net>
 Date: Friday, January 23, 2015, 9:05 AM
 
 Kelvin, 
 
 The seal that Todd Clarke does in a two  piece seal. 
 
 The car
 may be on the other side of the world but I found some  pictures here on this side.  This car is very original and  I would be confident in saying that these door seals are  original too.  You can see that it still has the rubber  seals at the top and bottom of the door hinges.  This is  the best that I have here, but it may help?
 
 
 Kind regards,
 
 David
 
 

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