I am trying to correctly install the door weatherstripping on my '57. In a picture posted in an earlier tech reply of an original '57, push pins at the rear of the door are shown going through the weatherstripping and into the door but their spaced is different from the spacing called out in the illustration on page 137 of Noland Adams' book (Corvette Restoration, vol.1). My questions are:
1) Are there push pins inserted through the weatherstripping and into the door all along the weatherstripping around the door? How many are used and what are their spacing?
2) On another point, the assembly manual for the '57 shows a metal strip (folded over onto itself) for holding the rear end of the weatherstripping on the door, but it is not clear exactly where it is attached; is there an illustration of this in some publication that you could point me to?
3) On the auxilary weatherstripping at the front of the door, I have two sets: a set I bought many years ago that is a firm rubber - not quuite as firm as the sole of your tennis shoe - and a current set that is more like a spongy foam. Any suggestions on whether the firm set will cause problems because it is too firm?
4) Would appreciate any other "mistakes" that are commonly made in this installation so I can try to avoid them.
Many thanks
Charles
214 725-1385
ccotropia@sidley.com
1) Are there push pins inserted through the weatherstripping and into the door all along the weatherstripping around the door? How many are used and what are their spacing?
2) On another point, the assembly manual for the '57 shows a metal strip (folded over onto itself) for holding the rear end of the weatherstripping on the door, but it is not clear exactly where it is attached; is there an illustration of this in some publication that you could point me to?
3) On the auxilary weatherstripping at the front of the door, I have two sets: a set I bought many years ago that is a firm rubber - not quuite as firm as the sole of your tennis shoe - and a current set that is more like a spongy foam. Any suggestions on whether the firm set will cause problems because it is too firm?
4) Would appreciate any other "mistakes" that are commonly made in this installation so I can try to avoid them.
Many thanks
Charles
214 725-1385
ccotropia@sidley.com
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