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In buying parts for my 62 MKII I purchased a set of rubber trunk buffers as well as the seal. My paint guy left them off as being unnecessary when he put it back together. Is there a place for them? I would assume they are important to some degree..
 
Are you sure they are trunk buffers and not hood buffers? I don't recall that there are trunk buffers.
 
VB lists them so in my ignorance I ordered them. I am learning! I ordered a set of hood buffers and they are different.
 
Strange, I've never seen one. Course I did the same - I have some rubber plugs that I still don't really know what they are for. On the plus side only looks like you're out a couple bucks.
 
Look on page 54 of the Moss catalog. Two go on the top edge of the trunk channel and two on the bottom. You should see holes in the channel where the mounting screws go.
 
kalist said:
Look on page 54 of the Moss catalog. Two go on the top edge of the trunk channel and two on the bottom. You should see holes in the channel where the mounting screws go.
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Unfortunatly, with the trunk seal that is currently available, you won't be able to fit them without butchering them severely. (forgot to tell Shawn but seems to be all that is available nowadays)

Kurt.
 
Are the bumpers only for the earlier cars or for later ones too?
My '65 has them.
BillM
 
Billm said:
Are the bumpers only for the earlier cars or for later ones too?
My '65 has them.
BillM
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I have a 72 body that, I don't believe, has them. Does your Sprite have them? 69 is'nt it?

Kurt.
 
The buffers are there mainly to support the boot lid when the optional or an accessory boot rack is installed. They are mounted in line to where the feet of the rack would have been. On the very early cars they discovered that the lid and hinges couldn't properly support even a light load without vibrating and causing damage. The fix was to fit thicker hinge metal and rubber buffers. I'll post some pics of the locations this evening if someone hasn't already by then.
 
One thing that I do to all of mine is to grind a notch along the bottom (of the upper ones) to allow the water to drain around them, otherwise rain will build up between them and dump into the trunk.
BillM
 
scoutll said:
The buffers are there mainly to support the boot lid when the optional or an accessory boot rack is installed. They are mounted in line to where the feet of the rack would have been. On the very early cars they discovered that the lid and hinges couldn't properly support even a light load without vibrating and causing damage. The fix was to fit thicker hinge metal and rubber buffers. I'll post some pics of the locations this evening if someone hasn't already by then.
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So will it work not to have them? Also, I assume they fit in over the seal?
Erik
 
It probably wouldn't hurt if they are not there. You may get a tiny bit of shifting of the bootlid on bumpu roads, but not enough to cause concern I would think.
If your MKII is a very early model, it may well be one of the ones produced before the buffers were installed (first 4000 or so Midgets and Sprites). That may be why there were no holes in your car.
The buffers actually install in the trough on the outside of the seal, not over the seal.

In these pics of my car, you can see the lower (rear) buffers below the boot lid if you look closely.

EDIT: I guess in the second picture they didn't show up so well, but the first one shows them.
 

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Mine is early, I think 793 or so. This is how it looks. The sealis pretty tight.
 

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I installed them on my mkII with a seal from Moss and didn't have to butcher anything. They went right in.
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I was able to do the same. Just have to put them on before the seal.
 
If your car is #793, is wouldn't have had the buffers, and probably still has the lighter boot hinges too. Your car is correct without the buffers. It should have the early "L" shaped boot handle too instead of the "T" handle. I can't really tell from the picture.
Very pretty too, I must say.... :driving: :bow:
 
Looking back at the before pictures we took there are no holes unless they are under the old seal, just a mouse dropping or two :eeek:
It has the "T" handle. May have been changed at some point but that would have been over thirty years ago.

Thanks! That picture is just after they put it back together and still in the paint room. Can't wait to see it in the sunshine all cleaned up!
 
Still beautiful, no matter what letter handle it has.. I like that smooth clean,,, uh,,,, red - ... uh,,,, rear end....... :angel:


BTW, The "L" handles were known for breaking, hence the change.. possibly why yours was.
 
It very well could have been. Whoever owned the car before us took libertys with what he cut holes in and how he "repaired" stuff. Multi colored striped indoor outdoor carpet and handtowels on the door panels...
 
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