The Ford Barn

Lawrie · 04-12-2025, 09:52 PM

My 28 cpu has a lot of wind noise coming from the from windscreen area.
I took the visor off ,but it made no difference whatsoever ever.
I think the noise comes from up near the top of the flat panel above the screen.
I use ear plugs when driving any distance other wise I would go deaf.
Would any one have a pickup and fixed this problem.
Lawrie

Marshall V. Daut · 04-12-2025, 10:14 PM

Is the rubber seal in place across the top of the windshield frame? Without that, the wind will go past the top of the windshield and enter the passenger compartment. That strip of rubber is a bear to install in closed cars, especially if the visor is in place. The windshield frame has to be lowered a bit in order to put the rubber strip between it and the upper metal panel. That means backing out the numerous screws holding the w/s frame to the wooden header. No fun. Are you a contortionist??? It would help if you were. I don't know if the repo rubber strip is incorrectly made, but I dread installing it whenever I encounter a closed car body.
Marshall

Lawrie · 04-12-2025, 10:42 PM

Thanks.
I will have a look
would you have a pick please
Lawrie

Fullraceflathead · 04-13-2025, 08:33 AM

I have an open cab pickup and for 11 years I drove it with the top on and didn't realize how noisy it was once I took the top off I drive in almost dead silence it's amazing the difference that air makes!!!

Marshall V. Daut · 04-13-2025, 08:50 AM

"would you have a pick please"

https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/p...9090&cat=41796

Only the bead is visible above the w/s frame after installation.
Marshall

nkaminar · 04-13-2025, 09:25 AM

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I just turn my hearing aids off. Already deaf. Makes for a really quiet car.

Lawrie · 04-13-2025, 02:40 PM

Thank you .
I will look at the screen and see if there is one installed,
But I think not.
I will be away for a dew days but will take out the windscreen and see when I get back.
Lawrie

mercman from oz · 04-13-2025, 06:28 PM

Joe K · 04-14-2025, 07:41 AM

If you put the windshield up 90 degrees to the body, it can be "slid" out to either side.

You're separating the two halves of the "hinge" in so doing.

A similar effect would be to unscrew the hinge - but I've found sliding out is less invasive and certainly a lot less work.

I think Ford actually painted and assembled the windshield this way. The stationary part was painted green (or whatever) along with the body color, and the windshield frame and it's half of the hinge was black.

Putting the rubber in it's "slot" is a challenge and not necessarily something you want to do in place (were it even possible.) I remember putting a layer of plastic sheeting down on my mother's living room rug, laying the windshield face down, and then inserting the rubber bulb with application of "Palmolive Dish Soap" and water to help the slide. IIRC, if you "pull" on the end of the rubber while "pushing" the rubber into the slot yielded the best effect. (just pushing compresses the rubber and just pulling "stretches" and possibly breaks the rubber.) You want to go a little "past" the windshield slot, and then by pulling on the exposed flap "back up" from left or right sides to put a little "compression" into the center of the strip - lest it "rebound" (relax) in the sun and end up "off-center."

IIRC, Rick Freeman (I'm showing my age here) describes and pictures the rubber insertion technique much as I have relayed it in his "Model A Shop Manual" Blue book.

Joe K

Joe K · 04-14-2025, 02:53 PM

I wish my spare tire was on the passenger side...

Joe K

katy · 04-15-2025, 10:34 AM

And Lawrie would probably like to have his on the "passenger side" as well.

04-12-2025, 10:14 PM	#2
Marshall V. Daut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 2,630	Re: Noisy pickup Is the rubber seal in place across the top of the windshield frame? Without that, the wind will go past the top of the windshield and enter the passenger compartment. That strip of rubber is a bear to install in closed cars, especially if the visor is in place. The windshield frame has to be lowered a bit in order to put the rubber strip between it and the upper metal panel. That means backing out the numerous screws holding the w/s frame to the wooden header. No fun. Are you a contortionist??? It would help if you were. I don't know if the repo rubber strip is incorrectly made, but I dread installing it whenever I encounter a closed car body. Marshall

04-12-2025, 10:42 PM	#3
Lawrie Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Qld, Australia Posts: 4,529	Re: Noisy pickup Thanks. I will have a look would you have a pick please Lawrie

04-13-2025, 08:33 AM	#4
Fullraceflathead Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Chillicothe, Missouri Posts: 1,684	Re: Noisy pickup I have an open cab pickup and for 11 years I drove it with the top on and didn't realize how noisy it was once I took the top off I drive in almost dead silence it's amazing the difference that air makes!!! __________________ "If I asked people what they wanted they would have said faster horses." -Henry Ford "Primitive technology is not a design flaw" 1928 Ford Model A Roadster Pickup 1930 Gordon Smith Air Compressor 1941 Willy's Pickup 1960 Thunderbird-For Sale 1964 Buick Riviera 2x4 425 1965 Pontiac GTO, 455 Super Duty 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10, V-10 Viper 1977 Charger Jet Boat,460 Ford,Jacuzzi Jet Front Engine Nostalgia Dragster,Supercharged 296 "Fullrace Flathead" Ford Engine Build up on DVD ask

04-13-2025, 08:50 AM	#5
Marshall V. Daut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 2,630	Re: Noisy pickup "would you have a pick please" https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/p...9090&cat=41796 Only the bead is visible above the w/s frame after installation. Marshall

04-13-2025, 09:25 AM	#6
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,871	Re: Noisy pickup Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I just turn my hearing aids off. Already deaf. Makes for a really quiet car. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

04-13-2025, 02:40 PM	#7
Lawrie Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Qld, Australia Posts: 4,529	Re: Noisy pickup Thank you . I will look at the screen and see if there is one installed, But I think not. I will be away for a dew days but will take out the windscreen and see when I get back. Lawrie

04-13-2025, 06:28 PM	#8
mercman from oz Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 12,013	Re: Noisy pickup

04-14-2025, 07:41 AM	#9
Joe K Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cow Hampshire Posts: 4,612	Re: Noisy pickup If you put the windshield up 90 degrees to the body, it can be "slid" out to either side. You're separating the two halves of the "hinge" in so doing. A similar effect would be to unscrew the hinge - but I've found sliding out is less invasive and certainly a lot less work. I think Ford actually painted and assembled the windshield this way. The stationary part was painted green (or whatever) along with the body color, and the windshield frame and it's half of the hinge was black. Putting the rubber in it's "slot" is a challenge and not necessarily something you want to do in place (were it even possible.) I remember putting a layer of plastic sheeting down on my mother's living room rug, laying the windshield face down, and then inserting the rubber bulb with application of "Palmolive Dish Soap" and water to help the slide. IIRC, if you "pull" on the end of the rubber while "pushing" the rubber into the slot yielded the best effect. (just pushing compresses the rubber and just pulling "stretches" and possibly breaks the rubber.) You want to go a little "past" the windshield slot, and then by pulling on the exposed flap "back up" from left or right sides to put a little "compression" into the center of the strip - lest it "rebound" (relax) in the sun and end up "off-center." IIRC, Rick Freeman (I'm showing my age here) describes and pictures the rubber insertion technique much as I have relayed it in his "Model A Shop Manual" Blue book. Joe K __________________ Shudda kept the horse. Last edited by Joe K; 04-14-2025 at 07:59 AM.

04-14-2025, 02:53 PM	#10
Joe K Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cow Hampshire Posts: 4,612	Re: Noisy pickup I wish my spare tire was on the passenger side... Joe K __________________ Shudda kept the horse.

04-15-2025, 10:34 AM	#11
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,716	Re: Noisy pickup And Lawrie would probably like to have his on the "passenger side" as well. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!