Project Drive - Illustrated

[Bolin]

Originally Posted by rotrex

Reebs.
I noticed today that both my old conie's have a seal along bottom of the door that dont appear to be on post 2001 ish cars. do you have record of these ? I will get a pic tomorrow

I think I once noticed something like this on the parts list but couldn't find mention of it or any pics.

Extra seals are usually a good thing!

Probably means yet another thing to put back how it should be

[pab]

The seal in question was fitted to early cars.It was a weatherproof rubber strip that made contact with the upper edge of the sill with the door shut,perhaps helped reduce road dirt into the inner door.

If you look along the bottom edge of the doors on later cars you can see the fixing holes.

[Bolin]

Another couple of things:

Steering wheel damper - I thought I'd read that this was deleted at some point. Just had a look at Rimmers and it looks like it was introduced after launch and only fitted to Diesel Autos for a while, before being deleted. So maybe early diesel autos didn't have it or perhaps they didn't make diesel autos until a little while after production started?? Don't think so. Either way it looks like a V6 shouldn't have it.

Headlining strengthening ribs along the sides - my original headlining didn't have these, but when I changed the colour the replacement one, from a 1999 car, did. However, it looks like these would get in the way of the ITS head airbags. Will try to post a pic this evening.

[Bolin]

Originally Posted by pab

The seal in question was fitted to early cars.It was a weatherproof rubber strip that made contact with the upper edge of the sill with the door shut,perhaps helped reduce road dirt into the inner door.

If you look along the bottom edge of the doors on later cars you can see the fixing holes.

Thanks, should be easy to fit then.

[Mills2009]

I noticed my 75 had these rubber strips along the bottom of the back doors, but not the front. It was built July 1999.

When a 75 came in at work and was being scrapped, (cooked KV6) I noticed it had the rubber strips along the bottom of the front doors, so I took them thinking I'd fit them to mine. I couldn't as there were no holes in the bottom of the doors on mine to fix the clips and then the seal. So I'm not sure it is that easy, unless it's just my car, but it is original!

It's an interesting thread about project drive as I changed one of the 'A' post trims on the ZT and it did have the white fluffy insulation stuff behind it. It was built 3 days before the administrators were called in!

[Bolin]

Well I had a quick look at the driver's door, and could only see two holes which looked like drain holes. Perhaps the panel pressings were changed at some point and the extra holes were deleted a little while after the seals were no longer fitted.

[rotrex]

Originally Posted by Bolin

I think I once noticed something like this on the parts list but couldn't find mention of it or any pics.

Extra seals are usually a good thing!

Probably means yet another thing to put back how it should be

here yeh go a wee pic also notice another thing today, labels on seatbelts I'v never noticed before, will load a pic


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here is said label. both my old connies have them, v reg and w.reg. my y reg has had them as can clearly see the mark where they have at some point been removed


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[AdyB]

Hi
Intresting thread

When was the pull up net/load guard deleted from the tourers load cover assembly, mine even though it`s a 52 plate registered in 09 / 02 the car was assembled in early May 02.


Cheers
Adrian

[pab]

Tam,if you get a moment have a look at the fixings of the weather proof strips,they clip into the square drain holes at each end of the door if I'm not mistaken.

[rotrex]

Originally Posted by pab

Tam,if you get a moment have a look at the fixings of the weather proof strips,they clip into the square drain holes at each end of the door if I'm not mistaken.

ok I will do have you seen the belt labels before ?