1946 Mercury Coupe Trunk Seal Replacement

[Phil Gillespie]

So at a recent event discovered the trunk seal not quite tight enough as plenty water into trunk area.( called boot by us down under.
Received a new one piece seal NEW 1941-48 Ford / Mercury coupe trunk lid seal with bonded corners 11A-7243720.
The is a Dennis Carpenter seal.
Seal as fitted is fitted to body side of car into groove.
However a couple of questions please;
1: Supplied seal removed from bag and twisted etc. How to get twists and kinks from seal and get it nice and flat prior to fitting.
2: Supplied info sheet tells to fit seal to " trunk lid" and not as already fitted to body side. Fit to trunk lid starting at lock area at bottom and work around.
Easy way would be to refit to body side as already fitted.
Thoughts please.
Phil NZ