Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Windscreen gap sealing

Noticing an ominous-looking daylight gap at the corners of the windscreen of my Roadster, I wondered whether Dum-Dum putty - which we used to use in our bodyshop for just such purposes - was still available. It appears not. In the good ole' days of British Leyland we used to use pounds of the stuff!

Does anyone know of a suitable alternative (I don't want to get anything silicone-derived anywhere near my bodywork)?

Vincent, yes the good old days of Dum Dum, i have only seen it at bootsales in recent years, there are many PUR sealers out there, few that dont really affect the body work, take a look on this site www.soudal.com i can't guarantee you will find what your looking for, but it might be a good guide, if you require a TDS on any of the products PM me, i will try and help

This might work
http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/p-1979-body-caulking-10-strips.aspx

The unavailability of dum dum must have been a major factor in Land Rover deciding to cease Defender production.....

I bought some recently, but I casn't remember where. It might have been at an autojumble.

Thanks Easter - that looks like it might do the trick! To quote from Woolies website

In the early 80s when Land Rover built the first 4 door Range Rovers; there was a joke at the factory that the test of the quality of the door fit was as follows:

1 Sit either Tom Barton or Ron Phillips in the back of the car (both legendary LR Directors & both short of stature)

2 If they didn't fall out through the gap with the door shut, then it was OK