Re: Resurrecting a 1951 Henney-Packard Parts Car

Posted by HH56 On 2023/6/21 11:18:48

The stuff Merritt offers looks similar to the universal extruded material made by Metro and sold by Summit, Jegs etc. I don't see a specific item at Steele and since they are just flat pieces with no specific shape maybe not carried by any of the vendors.

If you wanted something waiting I think easiest would be to order a roll of the cork/rubber material from Restoration in a thickness of 3/32 which I think would be about the thickness of 3 sheets of average weight tar paper. Thickness is not terribly critical in that use anyway. If you get a 1 1/2 width which I think would work for a typical strap -- at least it should on a passenger car strap. Cut 4 pieces to fit the lengths which is probably about 2 ft each or so and use the strap and a utility knife to do a quick side trim to fit the actual widths. Doubt it would take more than a few minutes to do.