Vitesse 1600/6 - Carpet Stainless Steel Sill Strip

[martyn wright]

Hi!  Did the 1600/6 come with the Stainless Steel Carpet Sill Strips?  I believe I have the fitting holes already set up for them, or where the a optional extra?

Cheers Martyn

[Pete Lewis]

they were  a alloy  angle strip  as std.    just runs along the top of the sill to trap the carpet   any nice shiny angle would   work  

even a flat strip is ok 

pete

 

[Dave1360]

I was wondering the same.  My 1964 Vitesse is missing them and the screws are directly through the carpet with no signs of flattening where the strip should be.  Either they were removed a long time ago or were never fitted.

[martyn wright]

Hi Pete!  Thanks for the info!  I just spent 6 hours fitting my window back into the door!  What a nightmare, only problem now, as I have fitted all new rubbers and weather seals etc,  it takes a good right arm to use the winder!!  The Passenger door is next(Can't wait!!)

Cheers Martyn

[Pete Lewis]

talc powder on the felts is what they used in the factory 

keep the bottom channel fixing slack nip up with the glass down .

too much strain can break the teeth on the sector wheel 

Pete

[NonMember]

2 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:

too much strain can break the teeth on the sector wheel

Do you mean like this:

????

Or were you thinking this:

[Pete Lewis]

Rob   thats the ouch i was thinking of  

Pete

[Badwolf]

4 hours ago, martyn wright said:

Hi Pete!  Thanks for the info!  I just spent 6 hours fitting my window back into the door!  What a nightmare, only problem now, as I have fitted all new rubbers and weather seals etc,  it takes a good right arm to use the winder!!  The Passenger door is next(Can't wait!!)

Cheers Martyn

Martyn - At least, when the passenger side is done, you will have a good left arm as well.

[martyn wright]

Yep!  My Regulator Piviot Bolt for the passenger window came from Chic Doig this morning Yippee!  I will try the "Talc" and ease of the bottom runner bolt as said!  but first I will finish cutting my 55 foot long by 12ft hight Hedge!  Cheers martyn

[Badwolf]

After trimming 1485 square foot of hedge (assuming both sides and 3 foot across the top), you won't need the window winders to build you up??

[martyn wright]

Do you mind! , mine are 5Ft across,  I might have a lay down first??

[Pete Lewis]

well if the talc doesnt work it will smell nice  

Pete

[Badwolf]

Ok then 1595 sq ft..... now I think that I will have a lie diwn, just thinking about it.

[Paul H]

53 minutes ago, martyn wright said:

Yep!  My Regulator Piviot Bolt for the passenger window came from Chic Doig this morning Yippee!  I will try the "Talc" and ease of the bottom runner bolt as said!  but first I will finish cutting my 55 foot long by 12ft hight Hedge!  Cheers martyn

Any chance of a pic of the pivot bolt ?

Paul 

 

15 minutes ago, Badwolf said:

Ok then 1595 sq ft..... now I think that I will have a lie diwn, just thinking about it.

 

[martyn wright]

Hi Paul !  They are like Gold Dust!  Tried loads of places including Breakers!  Try "Chick Doig" it cost me £10.   You tend to get the Regulator without the pivot?  Its 30mm length, Hope this helps

[Pete Lewis]

and then you need a left handed magician to fit it and get the spanner on the flats   H a!!!

Pete

[NonMember]

2 hours ago, martyn wright said:

They are like Gold Dust!  Tried loads of places including Breakers!  Try "Chick Doig" it cost me £10.

In which case I should probably be more careful with the ones I have lying around...

[Colin Lindsay]

20 minutes ago, NonMember said:

In which case I should probably be more careful with the ones I have lying around...

Little parts like that are the hardest to source, and the ones that make breakers' eyes light up with pound signs. They can also be very difficult to identify in a box of bits, which is why I learned the hard way to keep one component complete, like a door assembly, whilst working on the other, and use the complete one as reference.

[Dave1360]

Hi, just following up on Martin's original question about the carpet sill strip.  I've bought a pair of strips as mine were missing and there's no sign of any screw holes in the floor in the area expected, other than one screw that currently goes through the carpet too far back for where the strip should sit and three screws through the carpet in front of the front of the seat mounting.  Both sides are identical.  The floors are original and the carpet is original.  I could easily imagine somebody having refitted the carpet, forgotten the strips and only put a few screws back in, but I'm surprised not to see more old screw holes in either the floor or carpet.  As it stands, the carpets are held down reasonably well by the door seals anyway, but I'm wanting to keep it as original as possible so wouldn't want to either start drilling holes that shouldn't be there or to have things missing that should be there.  Does anyone know if it's possible that a 1964 Vitesse may not have had the strips originally?

Thanks, Dave

[Pete Lewis]

my 64 vit6  had the strips with screws all along the sill line  they were poor and i replaced with a flat strip from diy BQ 

Pete 

[Colin Lindsay]

1 hour ago, Dave1360 said:

  Does anyone know if it's possible that a 1964 Vitesse may not have had the strips originally?

Thanks, Dave

Early Heralds didn't have them at all; but any of the reference photos I've just checked of both 948 and 1200 Heralds had them by 1961. I'd say it's a good guess that Vitesse had them from the beginning.

[Dave1360]

Thanks both, I'll get the drill out when I get a chance.

[martyn wright]

Hi Dave!  Did you want me to take some photos as mine (screws) should still be in place??  Cheers martyn

[Dave1360]

Yes please Martyn, that'd be useful.  Also, any chance you could get a tape measure in shot too so I can see how far forward/back the strip goes and where the screws go in it?

Cheers, Dave

[Dave1360]

Sorry, I'd forgotten that you had the screw holes but not the strips themselves.  Screw hole positions would still be useful though.