'69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

[Joel A.]

Can anyone post a pic(or more) of the rear door jamb area on a '69 convertible? I need pics of the (OE) door guide(s), and water diverters to verify the correct locations, plus to make sure the parts in hand are correct for a '69, since other years are different. Trying to help a good friend finish up some of the final details on a 10 year project...it's gettin close!
tia

[John C.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

Joel

Attached are a couple pictures of the diverters and one of the entire door jam.

There will be some variations in the diverter depending on when the car was built. Very early cars will have a rubber strip that is glued in place. Most cars had a fiberglass strip that was glues on. On very late production cars the strip will be riveted on.
The pictures are of a Dec. 68 built car with the glued on fiberglass strip.

John

[Joel A.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

Thanks John. Is that a convertible car? It doesn't have the door guides is why I ask. The diverter pics will help, anyway. Now I gotta get back to werk...groan....

[John C.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

Yes it is a convertible. In 69 alignment wedges were used on the convertible doors. You can see it above the striker in the picture.

1970 was the first year of the door guides as shown in the picture below.
70 door guide.JPG

[Edward B.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

Joel, you didn't say when the car was assembled, but here's a picture of the riveted strip on my late 1969 (built October 21st, 1969).

The TIM&JG shows the fiberglass strips started "at least by 6,612", and were glued on to about 28,242. Then sometime after that, the strips were riveted in place. The AIM revision for the addition of the rivet (UPC 1, Sheet B9, item 8, note 5) was February 10th, 1969, but of course, it could have been before or after that since the notes in the AIM aren't necessarily the exact date the change was made.

Ed

[James B.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

Were door water diverters only installed on convertibles (and only for selected model years)?

[Reba W.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

Th diverters began as glued foam strips sometime during 1968 production (TM&JG says April 1968) and evolved to glued fiberglass and then riveted fiberglass during 1969. They were on both coupes and convertibles through 1971. I have a 1972 and have always wondered why it was eliminated since water enters the car if it is not there.

[Joel A.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

Thanks folks! These pics will certainly help. Later cars used an aluminuminum diverter with a rubber strip on them.
Not sure what the build date is on this one...I'll look and see, and post.

[Reba W.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

I think that later style began with 1974 production. In fact, I have added them to my 1972 to solve the water problem. diverter.jpg

[Larry M.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

I added the same aluminum/rubber diverters to my 1972 as well, with a thin film of black silicone behind the rubber as insurance. Does a super job of keeping water out.

As of 1982, the part #'s in group 10.355 were 342295 and 342296 for 1974 to 1977 applications.

[Joel A.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

Thanks folks. The pics and info helped!

[Floyd B.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

Sorry to highjack the thread but I have an additional question. Were alignment wedges always installed on both sides or only on cars that exhibited less than acceptable alignment? My early Oct '68 car has the screw holes for the wedge on the passenger side but the wedge is missing. The driver side has no wedge nor screw holes (or any evidence that a wedge was ever installed).

Thanx

[Edward B.]

Re: '69 Conv. door jamb/water diverter

Although mistakes "could" be made, according to the TIM&JG:

Early 1968 coupes and convertibles have a gray plastic body-jam alignment block and later ones have a long brass door-alignment wedge.

Ed