I want to replace some of the weatherstipping in the Mangusta engine compartment; anyone know about the piece under the forward edge of the gull wings (immediately behind the roof and the doors).
Any photos of what is correct, or a good description? What I have now has a chrome-like section next to it, I am not sure if it is correct.
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deniscCaretaker of 8MA1244 '70 Euro Mangusta DRIVE THEM, THEY WERE MEANT TO BE DRIVEN, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ONE, BUY A POSTER!
Sorry, I know these are poor, but here are pictures of what was on 8ma1046...
another view
...I don't have '1046 anymore (and wish I'd taken a lot more pictures), but yes, there is weather stripping all around the front and sides of the engine bay, none on the spine and the rear. Working the way from right behind the seats;
1. there is the strip that runs from drivers side to passengers.
2. the seal is provided on the engine cover between the rear firewall and the arch beginning, and then again from the arch end to the rear of the engine cover (on both sides). The lower body in this section has the vinyl-chrome type of edging.
3. there was no weatherstripping on the rear.
some detail of the weatherstrip over the arch....
more detail of the attachment of the arch weatherstripping, this is viewed on the passenger's side near by the gas tank
Ok, finally a useful picture; here is the profile of the weatherstrip on the engine covers. There are 4 sections (2 on each side of the engine cover.., these create the seal where the arch weatherstripping stops.
close up of he vinyl edging...my guess is that this was originally a chrome color, not the golden yellow that 1046 aged to...
pictures and then some mystery...1046 did not have anything on the rear edge of the engine cover or on the center near the spine.
..the mystery (and maybe I'm reading in too much here), I suppose this is a picture from the parts manual for the car, which suggests (bold line) that there would be a weatherstrip running along the rear of the lower body against the engine covers. But I don't see any way to fasten this, so I'd bet that the picture of 1046 was as-shipped...
overall, each side of the car...Let me know if you find a good match for any of these weatherstripping. Looking at other cars, it looks like most of this is missing...
deniscCaretaker of 8MA1244 '70 Euro Mangusta DRIVE THEM, THEY WERE MEANT TO BE DRIVEN, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ONE, BUY A POSTER!
From my poor knowledge of Italian
item 14 rubber seal
item 15 sponge seal
item 16 aluminium plastic seal
I can say from first hand knowledge 8MA1244 only had short pieces of the aluminium plastic seal (oversized door edge guards)
and 8MA1114 has only the full side lengths of the aluminium trims
but as Steve would say: Your mileage may vary
quote:Originally posted by vyprgt2:
Very interesting, guys...
So, it sounds like :
1- the body from drivers to passenger side around fire wall is as pictured in the diagram (and pics of 1046) - both rubber seal and aluminum trim together
2- the first 8 inches or so on the lower body from the front to the latching plate is just aluminum trim and no rubber seal
3- the lower body from over the arches to the rear is EITHER a) rubber seal with no aluminum trim OR b) just aluminum trim and no rubber seal
4- the side edges of the gullwings have only rubber seal except for arch sections which have nothing.
{phew!}
So, did I get it right?
Here is an additional image of the wheelhouse seal; diameter of the round bulb is ~ 5/8" (~16mm). (Note these fit on the lower body, not the gullwing assembly). It's a common form but lots of restored cars seem to have other types of seal over the wheelhouses.
FWIW this is what 1010 had sealing the passenger compartment bulkhead (same material seen in one of Lee's photos). It was glued to a neoprene spacer which raised the seal to where it needed to be. The strip of neoprene was roughly 1/4 x 3/4" in cross section. Two layers of neoprene strip actually were used on the vertical sections of the seal, near the door frames, apparently to fill some extra gap. Not sure this an OEM arrangement but it does appear consistent with the factory trim diagram. No plastic/chrome edging on 1010 but the rivet holes are there.
