What has been the most difficult part to find for your car?

[Astacus]

For me it was probably the interior light fitting, and my sad obsession with the correct light switches for the S1 Vixen. I was lucky to find someone with a set of bonnet catches a few years ago too. What about you?

[Astacus]

[quote=Astacus]I do have the gutters, but they are stored away and I can't remember how good they are. I do remember that they appear to have been attached by pop rivets through the door aperture rim. I know one or two other cars that have them too. If they are a genuinely hard to find part then i have no doubt some of the skilled ali fabricators around can reproduce them. I think they are made from a straight piece of ali with a rolled over edge. The corners are quite crudely fabricated by cutting a fillet out of the strip and bending it into a curve.

The only one I have a picture of seems to have some sort of rubber seal inboard of the lip

[Astacus]

timelord said:

Motivation! Been trying to put my 1600M back together for years! Can't find anyone who sells motivation anywhere.

Here, have some of mine. I have glass fibre dust in my tea and I am done for the day!

[Astacus]

OK, I've dug out mine and the profile is more complex than i remembered:



and they are not in fantastic shape, probably repairable with some effort, but I might be in the market for a new pair if not.

Its not clear whether the inner profile should be folded over so much. Maybe it is pinched in to hold the rubber.

Edited by Astacus on Sunday 23 September 17:51