What have you done today with your Austin Seven

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Hi Ruairidh 

My boot sealing solution will be different to yours because of the 
alloy body and boot cover. Here’s  my take on this job,

I used visible countersunk screws to hold the boot cover plate
Plus annealed the inner edge before tapping it over the plywood.
Can’t remember but may have also dollied the edge to get it crisper.

I also used small head galvanised nails to fasten the folded over lip.
Please pilot drill these or they can split the plywood!

On the body bulkhead plate I tried to get most of the screws on the outer edge
of the plate so that they would be under the soft rubber sealing strip that helps
with the water sealing, along with my outer rubber bead. This leaves the plate
Looking flat and smooth with no screws showing, a personal choice!
Again nailed the folded over edge.

I annealed the edge of the holes by marking the inner circumference 
with Black magic marker and then used my Creme brûlée Blow lamp
to burn off the the black carbon Marker marks

Without annealing I thought there might have been a problem splitting 
the folded over edge?

All more fiddly than tricky. Makes a nice job.
I had to pack my hinges slightly to accommodate 
The two thicknesses of Alloy plus my soft sealing rubber on the 
body bulkhead plate.

Yours will be different though .

Regards

Bill G

Ps the black bead is a P type bead fastened 
By the bulkhead body plate, the alloy bead
Is on the boot lid cover masking lots of tacks!
The alloy bead is “riveted “ on the boot cover edge with long countersunk alloy 
rivets “nailed” and glued into the plywood




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