Trivia

[Roy B.]

This is something you don't see , original soft top weatherstripping . Cloth covered side window rubber that is a one piece soft rubber header unit having the round separate filler that is added to stop water leakage. NO one repro's the original weatherstripping %99 of 56 to 60 Corvettes use and have the repro 61-62 design that leaks at the window header. 56 to 60 used a ONE piece unit not the three piece the 61 to 62 used. It's not judged so it only matters if you drive your Corvette and it rains. Pic from my original 57. Questions??

[Allen W.]

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This subject is not Triva to me as I drive my car. Got any current ideas to compensate for current avaliable weathershripping. Currently my 56 has too much gap in the middle of the windshield header. Wind noise is not good. Don't want to know what would happen in the rain. Comments wanted.
Allen

[Don S.]

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Roy-- my top leaked and it filled the ash trays and I did not know about it. Next thing you know my ash trays were all rusted out.
The second picture I believe shows a footman??strap I think. I have never seen one and no one repros them and I dont know why not They cant be too hard to do. I do know that I saw an original a couple of years ago and they wanted 175.00

[Roy B.]

Re: Trivia Don I posted pic. of 56 to 60 not the 5

Don ! I posted pic. of 56 to 60 not 53 to 55 , your ash tray fill from water when you open your doors in the rain when your vett is heading up hill. There was a "dealer" fix by drilling a hole at the dog leg and running a copper tube down the under the body.

[Roy B.]

Re: Trivia :allen"

So few people have even seen a original weatherstripping on a Corvette that few know what it looks like! I've had friends use a 1inc.wide soft rubber material added between the one you have 1/4 thick to the header weatherstripping to seal the wind and water. The reason no one repro's them because it's not judged in the JM. The side (Pieces front) at the top window to the header are judged like they are correct original "NOT" , but that's the JM. So no one knows, the queens don't see rain or water anyway!! As time goes by this information will be lost!!

[Dave F.]

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Roy,

Thanks for the pic! Would it be possible to get a scan of the full article shown behind the picture? I'd like to keep a copy for my files.

Thanks.

-Dave

[Roy B.]

Re: Trivia "dave"

I wrote that many years ago but here it is. Thanks

[Dave F.]

Re: Trivia "dave"

Thanks Roy!

-Dave

[Rob Dame]

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Roy, I took this pic of what appeared to be a fairly original 56 in Florida last month. These were on both sides. Have you seen this W/S on original cars before? Rob

[Mike M.]

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appears to be dum-dum(caulk). was tempted to refer to it as roy-roy but thought better then had 2nd thoughts. mikie

[Rob Dame]

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No Mike they were not dum-dum. They were rubber and both the exact same shape and design. The edges looked molded rather than hand cut. I had never seen or heard of those before. Rob

[Roy B.]

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Yes I think it was a "dealer" fix like the 53 to 55 water leak

[Terry D.]

Re: Trivia :allen"

Roy
This info won.t be lost, some of us are keeping notes. Others such as yourself, maybe Lucia, Hinckley, Williams to just name a few should get together and make a notebook out of your information. It probably won't be a best seller but I for one would buy it just to have the info and be able to pass it on to the newbies.
Terry