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vinclas1
AMC Apprentice Joined: Nov/24/2020 Location: Red Oak, TX Status: Offline Points: 93 |
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Posted: Jan/29/2021 at 6:56am |
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Is anyone making sedan vent window weather stripping? I haven't found anything.
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juhap
AMC Apprentice Joined: Jul/19/2007 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 165 |
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I have got a bunch of rusted 64-69 American front doors...
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American HT -65,American 220 2d,American 220 4d,American 330 Wagon(x2),American F/EX,Eagle STW(x4),Matador Coupe(2x),AMC Hornet 2d(x3),Jeepster 1950,Concord -81,Nash HT -52,Classic 2d -63,SC/Rogue -66
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tomj
AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/27/2010 Location: earth Status: Offline Points: 7544 |
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Woah! That's great! So what '2rd sedan' vent window rubbers did you use? |
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1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5 http://www.ramblerLore.com |
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juhap
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I have been using weatherstrips of 2d sedans... They are not the same, but with minor adjustments they are fine... Here you are... It needs a little bit of cutting and glueing. Here is the biggest difference. this needs cutting and adjusting. And original is riveted to frame. You have to glue this edge when using sedan weatherstrip... Done! Fits well. If you can see that little overlap against chrome frame, you can shave it... Major issue is that lower front corner. You can made that missing part of old weatherstrip, if it is not vanished. Like mine was...
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American HT -65,American 220 2d,American 220 4d,American 330 Wagon(x2),American F/EX,Eagle STW(x4),Matador Coupe(2x),AMC Hornet 2d(x3),Jeepster 1950,Concord -81,Nash HT -52,Classic 2d -63,SC/Rogue -66
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vinclas1
AMC Apprentice Joined: Nov/24/2020 Location: Red Oak, TX Status: Offline Points: 93 |
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Well that certainly expands the search quite a bit. Thank you for the input. Kevin
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Cricket
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63-66 Classics, Ambassadors, and Marlins are the same. |
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pacerman
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if it will help you find parts at all, 63 and 64 classics have the same vent windows as 64-69 Americans. Don't know about the later classics though. I plan make such a substitution here an home this week.
Joe
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vinclas1
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Yes. Mine are that bad. Its been sitting in a shed for the past 26 years in Arizona. The seals are completely dried out. If I try to squeeze the seal, it literally crumbles and turns to dust. Worst comes to worst, I can seal the vent windows closed with a bead of silicone and then wait for reproductions to come out. Thank you, Kevin
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tomj
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Is yours really ruined? Or just whistling and leaking? I'm lucky that my '68 American rubbers are 3 on a 1/5 scale, but thw whistling was driving me crazy. I found that most of the whistling was because the triangular window frame was badly misaligned, due to wear in the bottom pivot, which has a little friction clutch made from a spring and friction material and a washer. What happens is 50 years of use grinds the bearing surface away, the window drops down, slowly over the decades, such that the leading edge of th chromed frame no longer fits inside it's rubber.
Take the thing out (easy in 68s), clean it etc and shim it back up with thin washer(s). ALso once apart its a lot easier to clean, including the rubber. |
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1960 Rambler Super two-door wagon, OHV auto
1961 Roadster American, 195.6 OHV, T5 http://www.ramblerLore.com |
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raysinvegas
AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/01/2007 Location: Las Vegas NV Status: Offline Points: 2501 |
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They were available some years back, but the fitment was bad. I struggled to install them, and had to make a few well placed cuts to get them installed at all. Hopefully the next batch will be useable.
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Andy Ray
64 440H 64 440 Convertible 68 Javelin SST 343 69 Javelin SST 343 69 SC/Rambler |
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