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  2. Trim panel - original fitting clips

    in Bodywork & Fittings

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    Hi Chaps,

    Please see pics:- 

    Are these trim panel clips still available (this panel is the trim panel that affixes the bagged sound-proofing to the front of the passenger footwell)?

    Anyone have a part number & supplier source, please?

    Thank you! 

    PS, 'best' (value for money & works!) sound-proofing product to possibly replace the somewhat tired, bagged rockwool??!? Cheers! 

    C.

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  4. Wipac halogen headlamps

    in Electrical System

    Posted

    Nice! Well done on the working the lights thing out. We had our place - built in two mirror image halves; one 1739 & then 1841 rewired. Given their mains wall sockets have no ground, I recall purple wiring being in the mix and even though I wrote it all down after a Google search, still didn't really understand what that did!! 🤣

    Best,

    C.

  7. Wipac halogen headlamps

    in Electrical System

    Posted

    Chris,

    By the sounds, like me, you are wary & not exceptional at things wiring. All I would say is; if you have time, deffo dip under the bonnet and clean/re-make every last connector of all that cross-bonnet lighting wiring.

    It's situated exactly where 50 years crud gathers - and at that age, those connectors would become that way, anyway.

    I cleaned/re-made all mine, got some spilt cable tidies (inch/inch & a half), shoved all the new wiring into it and sealed the ends against the atmosphere with amalgamating self-seal tape.

    Should last another fortnight at least!! 

    Best,

    C.

  15. Handbrake Gaiter - Fit

    in Bodywork & Fittings

    Posted

    Thanks Chaps! It's annoying, isn't it? The gap exists, moreso at the front, with handbrake on. Pete - were I to put that lip under the millboard, I'd be stretching it quite a bit in the h'brake 'on' position.

    My original split at that point between the lip and first concertina in its front. However, I CAN see (because I have removed the original staples) that the lip was (I believe) on TOP of the millboard in mine and staples from the top.

    I'm thinking a combination of some more modern plastic jointing fixings and a base of glue might hold it. - but I'll bet it splits again where the original did!!

    Cheers Chaps!

    C.

  16. Handbrake Gaiter - Fit

    in Bodywork & Fittings

    Posted

    Chaps; Hello!

    So, I bought what turned out to be a glossy finish handbrake gaiter that was fitted in 2021's renovation. Instantly hated it. Plus, the fella stapled & glued it badly.

    So I bought one that had a matt finish, more akin to its original. Fitted it easily enough.

    BUT . . . with handbrake pulled on, there is a fairly large gaping gap at the front base, where it should be affixed to the card handbrake surround.

    The very original 1970 gaiter I ended up fixing a split exactly at the front (like a bicycle inner tube repair!), where it meets the h'brake card surround.

    I have various methods in my head for affixing it again to the card (has this slumped??), but it is particularly the front of the gaiter skirt which seems to be well off the card surface (Pics).

    All thoughts of solutions welcomed!! (car stripped out for soon-to-be chassis renewal).

    Cheers,

    Colin

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  19. Bonnet Catches - Inside the car Fixings

    in Bodywork & Fittings

    Posted

    Hi Gents,

    You may recall I'm stripping out the good work my renovator did in order to have the chassis renewed, body-on style (having finally found a company that will do it).

    I've been wanting at previous poionts in time to bonnet-fiddle quite a bit, the last of the adjustments available to me being the side catch 'hooked' brackets - which are - or seem to be pretty well seized.

    So in the course of the stripping process, I took the passenger side kick-board and nasty dusty 'sound insulation' bag out of the footwell cavity, revealing the catch innards.

    What I'd like to know is if what you see here (photos attached - 35 years in, I've never seen this item before - never had the need) looks original - or are these rectangular threaded nut blocks holding the threaded bolts, replacements someone has fabricated and put in during previous works?

    Supplementary - if these are not as originally fitted, are 'originals' still available??I have WD40'd internally, to see if I can ease them to becoming 'undo-able', eventually.

    Just an idle query whilst celaring the car out . . . 

    Thanks,

    Cheers, Colin (Herne Bay)

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