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HI all,
I know this may sound weird, and it most probably is, so just bear with me: Anyone who has previously owned an EA - ED Falcon or NA - NC Fairlane may have noticed a rubber mould that sat under the front of the parcel shelf carpet. If you fold down your back seat, you will notice a rubber mould/strip running horizontally along the lower edge of the parcel shelf carpet. Now for the weird bit: Anyone who owns an EF - EL Falcon or NF - NL Fairlane will notice there is no rubber strip in that place? Is that weird? I have seen three cars of the EF - EL era that have no strip. I just put in a strip from an EA on my NL as it looks complete, not tacky.
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| Daniel |
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Err, got any pics?
I have no rubber strips in the loaction you speak of on either my nf or nl.. Im guessing its to help get a seal, altho ef/el range close up well as is fro what ive noticed.. Pics please. lol 
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| camh1980 |
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i can't take any pictures as I don't own a digital camera. lofl
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| madmax |
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Probably Ford just saving a few pennies by leaving it out!
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| camh1980 |
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i just bought one from my local wrecker and fit it onto my NL Fairlane. It looks neater than just having nothing.
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| Daniel |
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I dont get it; its only visable when the seats are down rite; so in that case i think its look better without it there.
The carpet is rolled up inter the parcel shelf nicely, it doesnt look tacky/unfinished to me? Am I on the wrong track here? 
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| comhelp |
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I think you will find that the rubber strip is NOT there due to the air pressure movements. There is like a 'air release' thing in the boot that will releasethe pressure in the cabin when you close the door/s
does it make sense?
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| Daniel |
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comhelp wrote: I think you will find that the rubber strip is NOT there due to the air pressure movements. There is like a 'air release' thing in the boot that will releasethe pressure in the cabin when you close the door/s
does it make sense? Believe it or not; yes. Same deal with the extra vents in the parcel shelf in EL models.
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| arm79 |
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That rubber strip that your talking about is to hold down the leading edge of the carpet onto the parcel shelf.
According to my manual, EF/EL sedans dont get it, the carpet is glued down and the NF/NL's do get it. Why they do it like that, no idea. If its missing, maybe your parcel shelf carpet has been removed at sometime. It's there on both my parents NL's. |
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| camh1980 |
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ok............... i'm cool with that.......have you got your car parts yet, Adrian?
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| Happy |
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camh1980 wrote: i can't take any pictures as I don't own a digital camera. lofl
well then, you'll just have to draw one in ascii characters then won't you!!
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