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my 55 Ford Fairlane has no seals around the doors, should it have them or not. I would think there should be some. Al
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yes it should have them
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Disreguard post found them at Steele Rubber gaskets. Al
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Not fun to install with the doors on the car.
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But it can be done. It is necessary to remove the pin for the door check arms on the back doors and carefully pull the back doors open a little more to thread the gasket thru at that point.
I did it while doors were on the car each time I had to replace gaskets. |
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you can always do it this way...
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Now THAT is what a living room is supposed to be used for.
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thanks for advice and pics. Al
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The first time I installed new door gaskets on my '55 Fairlane, I also did it with the doors off like Hotrodrev did, except I didn't use tape. Instead, I took long strips of 1/8" Masonite (I cut from scraps). I used C-Clamps to clamp the Masonite to the gaskets on the backside of the doors and strips of thick cardboard on the outside so that the C-clamp would not mar the paint finish on the outside. I used the long strips of Masonite and cardboard around window frames and at the bottom. At the curved part of the doors along the sides, I used shorter pieces of Masonite.
the glue held very well thru the years. The gaskets did not hold up that long. (Dennis Carpenter shrinking foam rubber). Horrible. I had to end up cutting off the parts around the windows and replacing it with a different product a couple years ago. Used same method to attach as before, except with doors installed on the car. |
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Would you guy's recommend the Steele gasket's for my job? I used them on my 41 and they seemed ok, just got a little messy with the adhesive, and it's hard to clean up. Al
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What adhesive do you use on these?
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