MG-Cars.info

Welcome to our Site for MG, Triumph and Austin-Healey Car Information.

Parts

MG parts spares and accessories are available for MG T Series (TA, MG TB, MG TC, MG TD, MG TF), Magnette, MGA, Twin cam, MGB, MGBGT, MGC, MGC GT, MG Midget, Sprite and other MG models from British car spares company LBCarCo.

MG MGA - Coupe Door Buffer- Door Glass Stop

Hey folks,

Does anyone know who might supply the rubber, coupe door glass stop (buffer). In the Factory Parts List, it's shown on plate RF, part number 41. If not, does anyone have the dimensions of this part and know what material was used that I might make a pair. Looks like these are glued to the inside bottoms of the doors. You would think they'd be present as how would they fall out? Cheers!
Robert Maupin

Robert:

Have a look at this image (from the Internet) which shows the arrangement inside the Coupe doors.

The vertical strip running between the lower door brace and the door floor has a bracket welded to its inward-facing side at right-angles about one-third of the way up; the other end of the bracket is welded to the inner door panel. This bracket is the attachment point for the rubberised horsehair door glass stop. As you surmise, it is glued in place. The bracket flanges face downwards, and the steel is the same gauge as the door braces.

From memory, the stop is about three-quarters of an inch thick. I'm sure someone can give you accurate dimensions for both the stop and the correct mounting height of the bracket - wish I could, but my 1600 Coupe is stored many miles away. However it should be easy enough to find the correct position by trial and error.

Much thanks to whoever posted the superb image - I hope someonw will own up!

Alex



A. W. Risk

A.W.,

"Rubberized Horsehair", I found what appears to be an original rubber block situated just as you described in an old door I had....should have looked there first, duh! ANyway, it too was glued to the bottom but it wasn't the rubberized horsehair you suggest but rather a 3" x 3" x 7/8" thick black "open-cell" high density from rubber. Of course this could have been a replacement at some point during my cars history. Can't say for certain. I'm curently looking for similar material to fashion duplicates buffers for my car. Cheers! Let me know more about the material if you're certain of your source.
Robert Maupin

Robert:

The dimensions of your rubber block sound just right. However it was usual for rubberized horsehair to be used in door cavities on British cars of the period, typically to reduce resonance when the door shut. In such a location, a useful property of this open-weave material is that water drains out easily.

However I have no wish to be dogmatic. My 1600 Coupe was bought in '72 to replace a Mark 2 which had given sterling service over the previous four years; there were many minor differences between the two, few of which I have seen documented. Fascinating cars!

Hope your rebuild progresses well.

Alex
A. W. Risk

That door photo is from my car a couple of years ago.. I have attached a later photo..
David Terhune

Photo didn't work..try again..

David Terhune

Hello David:

Wonderful! Very impressed, especially by the perfect alignment of wings / door sill / door / lower trim strip. That's exactly the look I'd like to achieve with my 1600; tho' whether it will be possible remains to be seen. Just for starters, it looks as though the pattern door sills I have to hand at present are going to need a lot of work to make them useable.

About the doors - did you refit the original doorskins? I've never removed / replaced doorskins before which inclines me just to patch the doorcases - pinholing of floors plus fatigue cracking around the hinge mounts. It would make more sense to replace the complete floor in each; but I am wary of distorting the doorskins in the process. Any advice would be welcome. As would be more photos! And what colour is that?

Alex

A. W. Risk

Thanks for the kind words.. I hired a local custom shop to do most of the skilled work on this car..I did this work on my MGB and found that I was NOT skilled in this at all! The door skins were terrible so while they were off, the shop also repaired the frames and bottoms...this is when I took the photo you posted. I bought the skins from VB and the shop made the door bottoms, as they were riddled with pin holes. After repairs the shop then e-coated the door frames. The color is Dove Grey..

David Terhune

This thread was discussed between 01/07/2009 and 11/07/2009

MG MGA index

This thread is from the archives. Join the live MG MGA BBS now