Minis / car body people, need help wi' terminology

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gkgirl, Feb 28, 5:03pm
Hiya, you know the old Goodbye Pork Pie minis! What is that thing around the roof called, is it a rim or a lip! Am having big probs writing an ad lol. Thanks ifyou can help.

Also. what other cars or especially trade vehicles, had / have that lip / fold, around the top of the roof! I think those old J4 and ugly bulgey army green british truck/vans had them but not sure of the makes.
bwg11, Feb 28, 5:06pm
Roof gutter!
gkgirl, Feb 28, 5:07pm
Huh, ty, good word, will check it out.
unideck, Feb 28, 5:14pm
That is the actual word ;)
gkgirl, Feb 28, 5:32pm
Ty lol. For some reason I thought it was a roof lip or rim.

Do you guys know any other old trucks/utes that had that!
pge, Feb 28, 7:38pm
Generally anything up to the mid-fifties had the lip, as you have found, Minis had them through the sixties.
jmma, Feb 28, 7:43pm
I think a Mack truck model F 456 has a big lip (o:
saki, Feb 28, 9:43pm
Yeah expressed panels may have them plus lots of other specialised mini shops in UK, buy Mini Magazine.
gkgirl, Feb 28, 10:57pm
Thanks very much guys. That's pretty helpful
treachug, Feb 28, 11:18pm
Could also be called drip rail
smac, Mar 1, 1:22am
Heh.try up to 2000
gkgirl, Mar 1, 2:01am
That's crazy, I guess some companies never learn . like having rust on speed dial!
purple666, Mar 1, 2:18am
Great idea, gave you something to hold onto when riding on the roof.
goldilocks64, Mar 1, 2:19am
drip rail is its name
marcos1, Mar 1, 2:21am
Correct.+1
lookoutas, Mar 1, 2:53am
It's good to see you are awake. And correct.
sr2, Mar 1, 2:55am
The CAV Bedford van and of course the famous Commer spring to mind!
Yes they were often called gutters.
gkgirl, Mar 1, 3:07am
[purple 666 wrote: Great idea, gave you something to hold onto when riding on the roof. ]

Well - nice dramatic way to die! I think I would just wrap a rope through the front doors and hang onto that!Then you have the surfing option if you don't need to head bang a rock.
a.woodrow, Mar 1, 3:17am
Once upon a time I had a mini with a vinyl roof. Noticed a small bubble under the vinyl so decided to attend to it. Bad idea. By the time I was finished I could sit in the back seat and poke my head out through the rust hole in the roof
strobo, Mar 1, 3:18am
always a gutter!
tintop, Mar 1, 3:36am
Well - the guys that used to drive with one arm out the window hanging on to the thing that stuck out from the side of the roof were called ' Gutter Grippers'( But that was in pre aircon days:))
strobo, Mar 1, 3:41am
Gutter mount aerials. the old gutter mount roof racks,
unideck, Mar 1, 3:59am
In fifty years I have never once heard it called a drip rail or is that a Kiwi phrase. Drip rail, really! only in NZ
smac, Mar 1, 4:28am
Nope, not a kiwi thing. They're gutters.
unideck, Mar 1, 8:58pm
Thought so, always a gutter to me anyway hey hooooo :)