Marcos Maniacs

Steve . . .

 

I got the Bristleflex door seal material from Martin MacGregor at MacGregor British Car Parts:  http://www.macgregorukcarparts.com/

 

The company is based here in Ontario, Canada.

 

Regards . . . Ron McLeod

Marcos Mantis P8/5858

Marcos 3L GT 3V-5642

 

 

 

From: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of larry meadows
Sent: October-18-12 10:10 AM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT

 

  

Steve,

Depending on where you live, The least expensive solution would be to order the seal from Rory at Heritage. 

I used the Fur flex in the last Marcos I did for Ron McCleod, that he purchaced from a supplier he deal with. He wanted the seal to match the interior (blue), so used the blue covered seal.

When installing the seal, the starting and ending point is the square, lower front corner of the opening. 

There should be a 3" piece if vinyl trim that is face glued to the 'down' lip of the aluminum door sill trim (back side), That closes out the gap between the sill and the pinch weld where the seal goes. The vinyl is held by the seal.

 

Best Regards,

Larry

3v5536

 

From: Stevefzr <steve_fzr@...>
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:10 AM
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT

 

  

Hi Folks,

I'm making progress putting my 1970 3000GT back together. I'm ready to start putting the interior back in, but I don't have the original seals around the door opening so I don't know what to buy. There's a typical seam that goes all around the door opening. The seam is overlapped with the interior trim, so I expect that it should have a "U" shaped pinch channel like furflex, with a rubber seal on one side. The thing is, there are thousands of different profiles, and if I get the wrong one, either the seal woun't work or the door won't close properly. Can someone either point me to a supplier of the right seal, or a photo or drawing? Also, I found one piece of flat sponge rubber about 1" wide by 1/3" thick that looks like it fits at the top front edge of the door, just below the door glass. I'm not sure if this was an extra seal at this point to stop rain that runs back along the bonnet, or if this seal should have gone all the way around the door opening. If the latter, then I assume there was still some sort of pinch trim to cover the seam.

Here's some pics of the seam with the interior vinyl overlapping it, plus the bit of rubber seal that I found.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/stevefzr/marcos/trim%20oct%202012/IMG_0873.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/stevefzr/marcos/trim%20oct%202012/IMG_0874.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/stevefzr/marcos/trim%20oct%202012/IMG_0875.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/stevefzr/marcos/trim%20oct%202012/IMG_0872.jpg

Does anyone know of an assembled Marcos in Victoria or South Australia I can have a look at?

Regards,

Steve C.
steve_<remove this bit and the brackets but leave the underscore>mailto:fzr2%40yahoo.co.uk