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I did a search but little has been mentioned about this.Does anyone know if these are available still?Rares don't list them.Cheers,Jamie

Hi What do you mean by window felts ???  1\ the strip that goes on either side of the door glass   2\ The Bailey Chanel that the glass goes up and down in 3\ the rubber that holds the glass in to the metal track on the bottom or the glass. or am I missing what you mean ?? ....FC427.........

Only the parts that the glass run in are made out of felt.This is the stitched in pieces inside the channels on the three edges of the glass.Top,front and back as well as the ones which are clipped into the opening of the door that the glass slides through.Hope this makes more sense... ???

IIRC try Fitch The Rubber Man Pty George St Hindmarsh 5007 (08) 8346 5193

Rare Spares do sell them -they are called Bailey channel.

Ken

Thanks Ken,I was looking under door components... ::)

Where does the name "Bailey" channel come from?  ???  The workshop manual refers to "door glass run channel" (page 36), as does the Master Parts Catalogue

Martin

I think it comes from the name of the guy who invented it for Vintage cars (1940's?) but as a trade name, car companies would not use this title but a more generic name.  Sort of like Esky or Thermos - generally accepted as what they are but really a portable cooler and a vaccuum flask.

Ken

Hi,
       Yeah talk about an item being known by it's makers name not what it actually is. At work we have a high pressure washer made by Karcher, most people will say "I need to use the Guerney" or "where is the Guerney" you get the idea.

I love to be a bit of a turd as I know people will go huh??  I say "where is the Karcher" most say "don't you mean the Guerney??"  It really seems that the trade name/ makers name of something can, at times, turn into the equipment name.

If I said where is the high pressure water washer I think most would look at me stupid.

Another one was a welders aid, it was a small little "truck" about the size of two shoeboxes that would hold a mig gun and would run along a track. It was self propelled by internal motors to the wheels and would let you do a lot of repeated welds along a straight section (or curved if you bent the track).

Everyone knew this piece of equipment as the Beetle, once again the makers name not what it actually was. If I said where is the self propelled welding truck I think I would have been stoned. :)

me to, i use a machine made by KEW, its a big unit with two motors that powers 3 hoses on two levels, some people call it a gurni and i say " its not a gurni, its a pressure washer, gurni's are always green"

 i think its becuase gurni was the first popular pressure washer for domestic use and was advertised on tv.