DonB Don Bonar Prairie Village, KS (80 posts) Registered: 09/09/2011 10:06AM Main British Car: 1971 MG-B 95 GM 3.4 V-6 |
Source for rubber seals
I've managed to find and restore the very strange Burmuda Top, made for just a few years in London for MGB, Midgets and spitfires.
I need a source for the rubber seals between the edge of the top and the car body. Was able to retain lexan pannel seals and front bow seal. I've pounded Steele, C.L. Laurance, Moss and V/B.. JC Whitney and all I could find. Anyone have a supplier of strange rubber products (keep it clean) in UK or perhaps Canada? Understand they also made a wide array of glass tops in Australia...Leads? I'm currently running on makeshift stick-on products from retail auto parts stores. second Photo taken at all British meet... think it lives in Canada. Thanks Bones |
ex-tyke Graham Creswick Chatham, Ontario, Canada (1165 posts) Registered: 10/25/2007 11:17AM Main British Car: 1976 MGB Ford 302 |
Re: Source for rubber seals
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Orange Alpine Bill Blue (45 posts) Registered: 12/20/2010 07:36AM Main British Car: 1967 Sunbeam Alpine 2.5 Ford Duratec |
Re: Source for rubber seals
Here is a source for a wide range of OEM seals.
[www.restorationspecialties.com] Also, junkyards can be productive. I've seen van hatch seals that should work. .Although not what your look for, I've found that Gen 1 Focus door seals are killer and make excellent door and window seals. Seals are so much much better designed than they were 40 years ago. Bill |
rficalora Rob Ficalora Willis, TX (2764 posts) Registered: 10/24/2007 02:46PM Main British Car: '76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302 |
Re: Source for rubber seals
Maybe post a picture of the area of the top where the seal needs to go so we can see what shape you need. I managed to find seals that work for a snugtop; not sure if the seal I got for the MG body/snugtop interface would work for yours or not. Also, when scanning the catelogs know that it is ok to stack seals contact cementing them together to get a shape you need.
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Orange Alpine Bill Blue (45 posts) Registered: 12/20/2010 07:36AM Main British Car: 1967 Sunbeam Alpine 2.5 Ford Duratec |
Re: Source for rubber seals
Contact cement is fine, but if your interested in a permanent bond (as in you will have to cut it apart), use super glue. Clean the parts well before gluing and you will be amazed at the bond. It not only sticks with a deathlike grip, it is as flexible as the rubber. It is great for tough jobs, like gluing the ends of windshield rubber together prior to installation to form a conntinous loop.
Bill |
MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4514 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
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Flexible Super Glue? I use Super Glue for cuts on my fingers. I have not found it to be very flexible. I believe it is the bonded rubber doing the flexing.
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Orange Alpine Bill Blue (45 posts) Registered: 12/20/2010 07:36AM Main British Car: 1967 Sunbeam Alpine 2.5 Ford Duratec |
Re: Source for rubber seals
Whatever. Bottom line, stretching the rubber will not destroy the bond, which I found to be surprising the first time I used it.
Bill |
BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
Re: Source for rubber seals
It's used for splicing O-rings.
Jim |
tbo Tim Body St Thomas Ontario (221 posts) Registered: 01/27/2013 06:47PM Main British Car: 1954 Triumph TR2 stock 2 litre |
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To Orange Alpine . I'm am going to check out the Focus door seals for my TR3 . My friend finished his last year and put the stock reproduction ones on and the doors didn't close all that nicely,,,very stiff. I lke the idea of the compressable bubble of the Focus so it fits the space it is in. Thanks
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waterbucket Philip Waterman England (112 posts) Registered: 07/30/2011 01:08PM Main British Car: 1972 MGB GT |
Re: Source for rubber seals
Here is the website address for a company called "Woolies" , I used them about 25 years ago and had excellent service from them at that time. I have not needed to use them since (but probably soon will) and have no connection to them other than as a satified customer.
[www.woolies-trim.co.uk] Philip |