Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Roadster, rubber trims around heater box (I think)

There are some rather random pieces of rubber trim under the bonnet of my Roadster. I've only recently looked in any detail, they are so bad I'm assuming a previous owner did a bodge and that it wasn't factory original ?

They were arranged around the edge of what I believe is the "heater box" (as it is ahead of the heater matrix). I'm currently driving without them, and so far nothing has blown-up.....Are they supposed to channel air inwards from the louvres, or keep it out, or what ? Are they supposed to be smoothly-tapered to contact the underside of the bonnet ?

I would have assumed (wrongly I'm sure) that they should be a one-piece moulding. But it looks like a lazy apprentice was given the job to install them, and mainly did it badly. I have looked at pics of five Roadsters for sale, and these pieces vary from smooth-edged and well-fitted on earlier cars, to a real mess on later cars.

I'm also assuming there's nothing special about the kind of material used ? I've tried Woolies' website and can't see anything quite like it. Closed-cell black foam comes in various wrong thicknesses on Ebay. A cost-effective solution seems to be EVA foam 2cm thick, sold as kneeling pads. It should be easy to make templates, then cut the foam with a Stanley knife, and secure with Evo Stik. Or am I wrong on all or any counts ?