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Post by p5tgc on Aug 25, 2014 15:12:47 GMT
Can any forum viewer identify where the part shown below should fit in a P5B?   Is it anything to do with the front seat runner attachment? regards |
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Post by roverp5b on Aug 25, 2014 15:36:45 GMT
Can any forum viewer identify where the part shown below should fit in a P5B? Is it anything to do with the front seat runner attachment? regards |
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Post by harvey on Aug 25, 2014 15:38:14 GMT
IIRC that's a carpet retainer to stop the footwell carpets sliding forwards. But then again, I may have dreamt that....
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Post by Welsh Warlock on Aug 25, 2014 15:50:27 GMT
Yep, carpet clip.
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Post by p5tgc on Aug 25, 2014 16:13:04 GMT
So where does it go, up on front bulkhead or is it an alternative / replacement for the spring clip at the rear edge?
Anyone got a photo of it / them in place?
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Aug 25, 2014 18:23:52 GMT
Under the front seat
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Post by p5tgc on Aug 26, 2014 11:24:14 GMT
First, let me apologise for submitting this query in the wrong section, it should of course be in the 3.5 litre part of the forum. On my 1969 coupe the footwell carpet retaining clips are nothing like those in the original query. They are all like this:   Was the design changed during the production run? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 13:10:58 GMT
First, let me apologise for submitting this query in the wrong section, it should of course be in the 3.5 litre part of the forum. On my 1969 coupe the footwell carpet retaining clips are nothing like those in the original query. They are all like this: Was the design changed during the production run? I have the same type as yours in my 1970 Saloon. Vicious little baskets they are too! I've released most of them but they have left impossible to remove rust stains on the carpets. Didn't the club produce a batch of SS ones a few years back? |
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Aug 26, 2014 17:41:14 GMT
They were a Mk2 Mk3 part and very early P5B fitment
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Post by Warwick on Aug 27, 2014 2:49:30 GMT
Didn't the club produce a batch of SS ones a few years back? Glenn did if I recall correctly. |
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Aug 27, 2014 5:37:51 GMT
Didn't the club produce a batch of SS ones a few years back? Glenn did if I recall correctly. Yes you are correct Warwick Glenn had some made and they were a perfect copy but the SS didn't have the force/spring of the original Spring Steel to hold the carpets. |
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Post by Warwick on Aug 27, 2014 7:14:55 GMT
Naughty Glenn! I'll have to send them back and get him to add some springiness.  |
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Aug 27, 2014 7:32:15 GMT
Naughty Glenn! I'll have to send them back and get him to add some springiness. I know there are other grades of SS used in spring making Warwick but they may not be available in sheet? and whether the same grade could be punched out ("if sheet was available?") how long would the tooling last  Just had a Google 301 and 420 grade SS are spring grade in sheet form  the 420 is available in annealed form so would still have to be hardened afterwards, then how stable would it be when lifted to fit the carpet? may be too brittle? it would need time and ££'s to do a few batch runs to "maybe" get the correct spring effect. |
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Aug 27, 2014 17:50:22 GMT
Well stainless steel knives are springy? Anyone from Sheffield?
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Post by Welsh Warlock on Aug 27, 2014 18:15:00 GMT
I bought some springy stainless carpet clips from Wadhams a few years ago.
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Post by Colin McA on Aug 27, 2014 20:17:39 GMT
I have these on my 1970 coupe. I think the went under the seat rail to retain the overmats.
They were removed but not refitted, I seen one in the garage yesterday.
Colin
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the 420 is available in annealed form so would still have to be hardened afterwards, then how stable would it be when lifted to fit the carpet? may be too brittle? it would need time and ££'s to do a few batch runs to "maybe" get the correct spring effect.