Early boot lid seal

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Cam
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Early boot lid seal

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Does anyone know which way around the early boot seal is supposed to go?

It's the one fitted to the car, not the boot lid.

Only, I have just been looking through lots of rally pictures and it a bit 50-50 as to the fitment!

I tried fitting it lip outwards but then it was short by about 1/2" and the lid did not close comfortably. I tried fitting it lip inwards and it fitted perfectly and the lid closed fine.

It seems that inwards is the correct way (suits my car anyway :wink: ), but I just wondered which was the 'official' proper way...

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on my car (series II) the rubber seal is on the car, not the boot lid. will take a picture if necessary
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CAM, I have fitted mine so that the lip bends inwards towards the
centre of the car, seems to work well.
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Yes, inwards is the right way.
They always come off at the corners eventually though & IMHO aren't as effective as the later seal.
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Onne wrote:on my car (series II) the rubber seal is on the car, not the boot lid. will take a picture if necessary
Yes, that's the seal I'm on about. It has a 'lip' on the top. I was asking if this 'lip' was pointing outwards or inwards...
Willie wrote:CAM, I have fitted mine so that the lip bends inwards towards the centre of the car, seems to work well.
Ah right, yes, I seem to remember you saying about the seal before, but I could not remember which way around you said you had yours fitted.
Scott wrote:Yes, inwards is the right way.
They always come off at the corners eventually though & IMHO aren't as effective as the later seal.
Actually, the bootlid that I got with my 1963 saloon had the seal on the lid which I had to remove as I have repaired (welded) the bottom edge, and I had a spare early type 'body' seal sitting in the boot of my other later car. So I thought I'd fit the early type as I already had one and I think a 1963 car should have the early type... Seems to work well though pointing inwards. :D

Thanks chaps! :D
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