Heater box covering

[awiedie]

Well, I'm going to stick my two cents worth into the discussion about heater box covers and Hardura. I can only speak about my car, a 1964, which I purchased in 1976 and which was just a beat up twelve-year old Jag, original in every way except someone had replaced the engine. I proceeded to restore the car.

As far as the Hardura is concerned, the boot side panels and floor mat were still there but in very rough shape. The same material was used on the heater box and this was literally falling apart. It is a pebbled finish material with a jute backing, maybe 1/8" thick. I don't really know what the surface is - vinyl? A similar material is used as sound deadening on the under dash and firewall but has a much thicker jute backing.

Believe it or not I just found pieces of the Jaguar original material rolled up in my shop. Hey, it's only been forty years. The photo shows the original in the foreground and the replacement Hardura in the background that I bought from John Cox & Sons back in 1978. The only difference is that the texture is just slightly different. I bought lots of materials from that company such as carpet, vinyl, heel pads, Hardura, etc. but they seem to have gone out of business. A number of companies carry reproductions as has been noted. I like Woolies.

I made new pieces for the boot and had them bound at a local shop. I made the heater cover myself, using my wife's sewing machine to sew the vertical corner seams and the binding, gluing the finished cover onto the box. One piece I see missing from some cars is the curved cover with the binding on the front of the motor case.

[Jose]

mine is just like that in the boot, behind dash, and heater box, and the circular piece around the fan is still there though separating with aging.

[Glyn Ruck]

That is spot on & correct Alan. Heaterbox cover is black hardura felt. Orlando bought one of the last NOS pre-trimmed ones I know of.

[Glyn Ruck]

Orlando's car. His car has the/an uprated heater.

picture courtesy of Orlando

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[Orlando St.R]

I don't think my heater hardura was NOS. It was too new for that. I picked it up in a SNGB trim clearance sale in 2014/15. I'd assumed it had been made up by one of the usual trimmers. Out of interest, here's what my original was like!

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[awiedie]

Wow!, Orlando Your heater box area looks great and the photo of the original takes me back.

[Glyn Ruck]

OK ~ accurate remake or from Jaguar's OE supplier. Sorry to misrepresent.