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Originally Posted by 1948F-1Pickup
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Thanks for the responses. Gick70, I've enjoyed and found the videos put out by Penny's Hot Rods and Customs 1952 Ford Truck to be very helpful. 1948F-1Pickup, #7C-8122296/97 are the complete division bars which are expensive and I'm not replacing. I did some more research. What I'm looking for is the weather strip on the inside of the division bar that the window slides in. This material is called "glass run channel" and it comes in various sizes. One or both of my division bars are replacements as they are different sizes and construction. The right is a 3/8" steel channel covered on the top half with polished stainless. The left is 1/2" all stainless channel. I could not find any glass run channel locally but did find a 5 ft. piece of 3/8" glass run channel on Amazon which I bought. I'm 3D printing an insert to reduce the 1/2" channel to 3/8". I'm confident that this will work but will find out next week when the stuff arrives. One added complication I discovered is that modern auto glass is thinner than the old stuff and the glass run channel is made for modern vehicles except for stuff specifically made for old car restoration. The window glass on the F1 is 13/64" and modern glass is 5/32. Earlier vehicles were 1/4". However the stuff I ordered is supposed to be good for up to 7/32" so I should be alright.