The drawing in the official factory parts book (and probably catalogs like Rimmers') is not accurate: it shows the finisher strip going over a raised lip, but of course the lip points downwards.
I think the finisher strip is a fairly generic trim piece, and if you cannot get it from the Spit parts vendors, you can probably get the same material from a vendor of generic automotive and marine trim materials. You would just have to cut a couple of notches in it where some brackets would interfere with its fit. My car has its original (but rather beat-up) strip. Unfortunately it does not stay in place really well, and when I fold up the soft top and push it down into its stowed position, it tends to rub against the finisher strip and knock it out of place. If you leave your car's top down all the time, you could never tell if the finisher strip was installed or not. Doug Braun '72 Spit --- On Mon, 4/13/09, Stuart Greenwood <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Stuart Greenwood <[email protected]> > Subject: [Spits] rear deck finisher part # 624801 for Mk IV > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 3:05 PM > Until I looked in the catalogues I > was not aware that there was such a thing > as a rear deck finisher. My car doesn't have > one. On the raised edge of the > rear deck there is (a) a metal plate bolted on > which the soft top is riveted > to and (b) 8 black plastic studs riveted to the > deck edge which engage the > poppers of the soft top. > What's the finisher made of? If it goes on the raised edge > of the rear deck it > must have holes in it to allow the metal plate to be bolted > to the deck > and maybe the black plastic studs hold it on? > Can anybody enlighten me on > this finisher. > > Stuart a Greenwood > 71 Mk IV Spitfire, 71Mk 1 Stag > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > [email protected] > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires > > http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
