Firewall blanking plates sealing

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#1 Firewall blanking plates sealing

Post by Jaguar12 » Thu Nov 14, 2024 8:30 pm

Dear forum members,
I am finally starting to put back together my 66 OTS after disassembling it almost 10 years ago. I would like to keep it original as much as possible. To a lot of questions I found answers here, but there are some (actually quite a few) remaining. Here is the first one:
Is the sealing and brush painting of the blanking plates in addition to the neoprene seal an improvement by a previous owner or was this done at the factory? Whilst most pictures show no sealing around the covers, on p. 26 of the Haddock/Mueller Originality Guide, there seems to be a similar case.
Any thoughts?
Thank you very much


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#2 Re: Firewall blanking plates sealing

Post by abowie » Thu Nov 14, 2024 9:01 pm

I think I have seen that before on cars we have restored.
Andrew.
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#3 Re: Firewall blanking plates sealing

Post by Jaguar12 » Sat Nov 16, 2024 8:35 am

Thank you Andrew for your reply.

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#4 Re: Firewall blanking plates sealing

Post by 265bhp » Fri Nov 22, 2024 9:53 pm

Hi
No additional sealing on my 63 car that I restored…just the original gaskets…..
Best
Jonathan
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1974 2.7 Carrera now as an RS Touring

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