DustyM Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Folks, I'm currently restoring an Early ('62) TR4. I'm just wondering what the consensus is regarding the door seals. This car has channels up the A, B Posts and screen frame to take a door seal, but it is missing from the sills since these have been previously replaced. Leaving originality aside what do people generally do A. Remove the remaining channels and use TR6 type door seals that push on over the seam. Or B. Restore the channels and fit original type seals (are these seals easily available?) C. Any other options? If it makes a difference the car will have a surrey top fitted. Cheers Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SuzanneH Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Hi Jon, I think you will find the seperate seal or the furry bit are not available, thats why theTR6 seal is the main option - unless things have changed recently. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Folks, I'm currently restoring an Early ('62) TR4. I'm just wondering what the consensus is regarding the door seals. This car has channels up the A, B Posts and screen frame to take a door seal, but it is missing from the sills since these have been previously replaced. Leaving originality aside what do people generally do A. Remove the remaining channels and use TR6 type door seals that push on over the seam. Or B. Restore the channels and fit original type seals (are these seals easily available?) C. Any other options? If it makes a difference the car will have a surrey top fitted. Cheers Jon When I restored my 4a about fifteen years ago I tried to keep it original and replaced all the channels with new sections and managed to find the original type of furflex but I could only find repro rubbers which were slightly oversize from original. Apart from having a very difficult job getting the rubber into the channel I then found that it was virtually impossible to shut the doors. In the end I changed to the TR6 one piece type though with the triangular fillet on the lower rear of the door aperture on 4/4a being flush with the door aperture, this type of seal marks the bottom corner of the door card. I belive that Moss are now doing a slightly thinner section of door rubber now which can aleviate door shutting problems encountered with the earlier type. So in short if you can possibly find original type rubbers then go for it , if not you will have to put up with the later type. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR 2100 Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'm currently restoring an Early ('62) TR4. I'm just wondering what the consensus is regarding the door seals. This car has channels up the A, B Posts and screen frame to take a door seal, but it is missing from the sills since these have been previously replaced. Leaving originality aside what do people generally do Hi Don, Have to admit that I happen to like the original features of a car, and I too have an early '62 4 (well, two). I searched eBay for years before finding some Stanpart draught excluder but I think at least some of the the TR specialist restorers have found a source. It may well be Automobile trim - check this out : http://www.automobiletrim.com/edge-trim-fabric.html Not sure if it would be the SA Edge Trim or the SA/Large Edge Trim. I think they have a minimum value order, £35 or so, but for a surrey top, what you need would probably come to that anyway. I don't have a source for the rubber seal that fits in the channel, but I think it's available. AlanR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DustyM Posted February 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Thanks guys, I think that given that some of the remaining channel is passed its best, I'll probably remove it and go down the TR6 seal route. Cheers Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokey Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I went for originality in my '62 TR4, and obtained the separate rubber and fuzzy seals from The Roadster Factory in the US. They also sell the original mounting channel for the rubber seal, which can be welded to the body. I was fortunate in still having usable inner channels. The seals work well. Moss USA also lists all these parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I stuck with the original separate channel and seal with my ex California '62 TR4 when it was restored about 13 years ago. I was able to obtain new correct size channel for welding to the sill then, the original vertical sections being fine, and I don't recall having a problem getting the seal, which is still fitted to the car and has not caused a problem when closing the door. I'll try and add photo in a couple of days to see if it shows the seal profile. I have kept all the receipts so if I can find where I bought it I'll let you know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tr4Tony Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Hi The steel channel is still used made fir the early mini I believe, so lengths of about 1 metre available new. Try a mini specialist. Land Rover make a single piece furflex / rubber seal like the TR6, but its available in all the right colours. I used this on BST82B and it seals very well and looks the part. About £8 per metre as i recall. Shadow blue is very close to the TR4 original colour and is a good match to the trim and carpets sets. The separate 'furflex' type material currently sold comes in limited colours (red, black and royal blue as I recall) - the blue is very dark, so not quite right. the red is very bright. the black is fine. Regards Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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