Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

[M W.]

Hi all,

I just got back from Florida and really enjoyed the meet. I have a quick question regarding which length hood weatherstripping is correct? During my flight judging the judges said it should be shorter but two other cars besides mine were longer. One car was a true documented low low miles car with longer ends. Any expert opinions are appreciated.

Cheers,
Craig Willetts

[Timothy B.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Craig,

It's always been my understanding the shorter weatherstrip went with 63 cars and later cars got a longer weatherstrip. What does the judging manual say, the shorter strip may have continued in early 64.

[M W.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Craig,

It's always been my understanding the shorter weatherstrip went with 63 cars and later cars got a longer weatherstrip. What does the judging manual say, the shorter strip may have continued in early 64.

Timothy,

The judging guide only says it should come to the center of the pin. Which center are they speaking of..who knows. I only replaced my original one last year with a new one and made sure to cut it the same length before installing. The judges still said it was wrong.

Who knows,
Craig

[Michael H.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Timothy,

The judging guide only says it should come to the center of the pin. Which center are they speaking of..who knows. I only replaced my original one last year with a new one and made sure to cut it the same length before installing. The judges still said it was wrong.

Who knows,
Craig

The shorter version is definitely the correct one for all of 63 and I think most of, if not all of 64 production.
The manual does refer to the C/L of the hood pin as reference on the back of the hood.
I don't remember exactly when the longer w/strip entered production.

[Tom H.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

My 63 has the short version. Although restored, I've always believed that to be correct. My 65 had the long version that wrapped around the corners.

[Alan D.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Mar64, short strip and that's how I purchased it in Aug 67.

[John D.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

When I bought my 63 coupe in 1979 it had the original short style rubber strip. So the first time the car was restored we goofed and used the long rubber that wrapped around the corner like the 65 up ones do.
So when some of the car was re-restored we used the correct short one. It appears to be correct as no dings.

[John F.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Center of the pin is the "right" photo. Same as my 62.

[M W.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Thanks so far.

Craig

[Mike M.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Hello,
'63-4, Right pic.
'65-6, left pic, centered (Approximately) to the center line of the pin from the outboard side.
'67 A little longer than the '65-6 with the plastic push pin added through the inside the tip of the strip into the verticle side of the hood reinfocement.
Documented extremely low mileage does not guarantee originality of all components.
HaND

[Michael H.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Hello,
'63-4, Right pic.
'65-6, left pic, centered (Approximately) to the center line of the pin from the outboard side.
'67 A little longer than the '65-6 with the plastic push pin added through the inside the tip of the strip into the verticle side of the hood reinfocement.
Documented extremely low mileage does not guarantee originality of all components.
HaND

That sounds about right. I always remembered the longer w/strip coming into production at around the start of production of the 65 model year, about the same time the hoods changed and the upper and lower panels were held together with flubber instead of bond.

[James W.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Craig,

Below are pictures of an original, unrestored 1964 hood on the left and an original, unrestored 1965 hood on the right, both having the correctly placed weather stripping.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

James West
Omaha, NE.

[Alan D.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Think some 67 have the plastic push pin, but others do not. Believe it depends upon where body was made. Now if a 67 expert can expand on this?
(I've just heard this, do not know for sure)

[Mike M.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

All original '67's we have seen have the plastic push pins regardless of body plant origin.
Granted, I am aware that there are many '67's out there with pins in absencia.
Many things can happen over 42 years.
HaND

[Paul J.]

Re: Which Hood Weatherstripping is Correct?

Craig,

Below are pictures of an original, unrestored 1964 hood on the left and an original, unrestored 1965 hood on the right, both having the correctly placed weather stripping.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

James West
Omaha, NE.

My early 64 original weatherstripping looks like the one on the left.