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MG MG Y Type - Window weatherstrip

We're currently working on Gertie's doors. We're still waiting for a leather repair toolkit to refashion the front door pockets, recycling the tatty scraps of old leather that we salvaged from what was kept as a pattern from the old back seat leather (retaining the original triple leather fold feature).
Anyway, we're not sure which window weatherstrip to use. Looking at Woolies blue catalogue on page 14, we thought that it might be window weatherstrip 255, held in using U spring clip 262. Does anyone know if this is the right thing for us to do please?
If anyone has a spare rear seat unit knocking about that they'd like to sell us, then please let us know.
A J R Felthouse

I have a rear seat back.

Paul
Paul Barrow

Andy,
The correct weather strip is woolies 152,two strips per door about 20" long are required. one strip is rivetted to the outer skin of the door and one strip is rivetted to special small brackets screwed to the door under the window cappings.If i remember rightly one. two mtr woolies lencth cut in hslf does one door ( woolies will cut for you if asked easy shipping)If you use 262 type clips watch they dont scratch the glass every time you move the window.
John YB0362
JC Jebb

Andy,
picture of how inner weatherstrip is secured to door
John YB0362

JC Jebb

John's photo shows the factory fitting method for the interior draught strip.
You might find it more satisfactory to screw this strip directly to the interior wood trim, to avoid multiple adjustments to get the strip to sit at the correct height and angle to match the interior timber.
My thanks to Bill Spall for this restoration gem.
Cheers
Tony
A L SLATTERY

The weatherstrip arrived from Woolies yesterday, and I fitted all the doors out last night. Internal weatherstrip was attached to the interior wood trim directly, and fits like a glove.
Thank you gentlemen
A J R Felthouse

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