Re: 21-23 series rubber sill plates.

Posted by Fish'n Jim On 2014/12/8 11:02:42

Not sure what you're after, Z, but I have the drawings for the steel, SS trim, and the clips as well as the mat for the 23 series 2 dr. I got them from PAC and Studebaker Museum and had them digitized and made copies. These are different than the 4 dr. and fit a smaller # of vehicles.
I tried to contact the current parent of the clip manufacturer and got no response. I've got ideas how to modify the backer to work around. But I'm still focussing on the Cad at the moment, trying to get it completely road worthy. I'm close, like maybe today.
I'm doing sheet metal repairs on the P and delayed the mat work.
HH - I'm pretty sure these were compression moulded, so without a mould, press or injection moulder it'd be rather difficult to get them "purrfect". They would have put the backer in the mould, added the latex, and under heat and pressure cured the rubber. They'd be done by injection (RIM) probably today. If you don't "clean up" the impression molds after making casts and recasts, you leave stray marks/lose detail. That's why I was going the route of making a mould rather than an impression. This repro work is beyond the capability of the normal resto shops/average guy. I checked with Metro and they were interested but didn't have a large enuff press for the 2 dr. I have the name of the guy at Steele, which is up the road from me a piece, but I haven't discussed it yet. They don't per se have this capability from the parts they make but may have expertise. There are sheet metal stampers in the area here as well. But realistically, one can't afford to make hundreds of parts to get a few pairs.