Re: Rumble Seat Weathestrip

Posted by TxGoat On 2023/6/29 18:16:31

My '37 120 C has the weatherstrip on the rumble seat lid. It's very old and very crisp, and appears to be original. The paint on the body is original. The weather strip goes across the upper side of the lid, and only comes down the sides to about the bottom of the lid corner radius on each side, a little lower than the seams on the seat cushion. It doesn't look like there ever was any other weatherstrip used.

The trunk lid weatherstrip is also very old, and almost fills the gutter. There's no weather strip on the trunk lid itself. It may be that the trunk lid weatherstrip was expected to seal tight all around. It's clear that the rumble lid seal never was, and any water that came in around it was supposed to be caught and drained off by the gutter and dumped into the catch tray. What weatherstrip the rumble lid had was clearly inteded to seal against the inner lip of the rumble lid gutter, leaving the gutter itself clear.

I stuck some 1/2 X 3/4 WalMart foam weatherstrip over the petrified original strip on the rumble lid and did the same at the lower edge of the trunk lid.

That improved the closing "feel" and snugness of both and helps keep some road dust out. There isn't enough left of the rumble lid strip to get a good idea of its original profile.