Door finishers

[Bob Claffie]

I was experimenting with the door finishers this week and I got two out of three aligned and fitted. I can't for the life of me figure out the orientation of the long thin one. About two feet long with two relatively equal bends running the long way and approx two inches overall width. Little help please. This is for a BN6. Thanks, Bob

 

[Dave Russell]

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[John Loftus]

Hi Bob,

It sounds like you are describing the horizontal piece that sits on top of the sill and provides the edge that the door seal attaches to.
The larger horizontal finisher is then attached and covers a good bit of this smaller piece. The Anderson/Moment book has a good closeup of the installed finishers on page 110. Let me know if you need a picture of that.

Cheers,
John

 

[Bob Claffie]

Ok, looked again and my pieces are about 30" long and 1 3/4 wide. The width is made up of 3 surfaces each about 1/2 inch set at a shallow angle to each other. In the Moss cat it is the piece nearest to the "2" part # (page 130). This piece has three tiny holes and I want to kow if it screws into th top of the sill or the inside surface? Likewise what is it's relationship to the carpet and the door seal. We're making progress, but slowly. Thanks, Bob

 

[John Loftus]

Bob,

Attached is the photo from the Anderson/Moment book. I think you are talking about the part being pointed out with a red arrow. If so, you can see the screw going into the top edge of the sill. Does this help?

Cheers,
John

 

[Bob Claffie]

No , John, I got that one and the verticle piece figured out. There is another piece that I think goes on the inside or top of the sill. Since the PO put in new sills I don't even have the old screw holes for reference. Bob

 

[John Loftus]

Hi Bob,

I was mis-interpreting the picture. The third piece should go on the inside of the sill after the carpet is installed and the door seal is in place. You should see some scallop cuts at each end of the finisher which allow the door seal to exit (the finisher covers the fuzzy part of the seal, protecting it from wear yet lets the rubber part of the seal remain exposed). The screws go into the vertical inboard side of the sill. Does this help?

Cheers,
John

 

[Bob Claffie]

Yes, John that's exactly what I needed to know. Lets take this a step further before I have to ask another novice question. Today I was cutting the carpet pieces to cover the sills and got stumped again. Does the carpet cover the top on the sill also and if it covers the top of the sill does it run down the outside face also? Inquiring minds need to know. Thanks, Bob

 

[John Loftus]

I doesn't run down the outside of the sill and I don't think it needs to go on the top (since the top gets covered by the door seal and finisher). The safe course would be to cut the carpet so it can lay on the top, test fit with the door seal/finisher and then trim back the carpet as needed. Where are all the 100-6 guys, eh?

Cheers,
John

 

[John Loftus]

Bob,

I was looking through the January 06 issue of the Austin Healey Magazine and there is an article on BN6/BN7 carpet/interior details. There is a photo on page 22 which shows the sill carpet without the finisher cap and it covers the inside of the sill and the sill top .. just up to the corner gussets (thin 'roughly triangular' metal piece that the door seal attaches to in the corners). The article footnote says that Roger Moment has compiled a very detailed analysis of the installation of the carpeting and panel covering on the BN6 and BN7, with an extensive file of pictures, and would be pleased to provide additional information to anyone who is interested. He can be reached at Rmoment@comcast.com

Cheers,
John