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Model51 · 01-25-2022, 03:15 PM

I finally found my original windlass from my '35 truck. It's fairly complete but very dry and brittle. I cut a small section and found a 3/8" OD, 1/4" ID rubber hose in the center of a 2" wide strip of fabric. The fabric looks like it was cut from a medium thickness sheet of woven cotton. I don't see any stitching nor any signs of glue, but somehow this must have been held together. The fabric wraps around the hose just like fender welting. The part with the hose overlaps the door crack and the fabric is nailed to the perimeter of the door opening and under the kick panel, roof and rear corner panel and held down with the metal strips on top and behind the door. I measured both (for the left and right doors) and it looks like about 106" long on either side.
Hope my description is understandable and helps.

01-25-2022, 03:15 PM	#13
Model51 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Fairfax Station, VA Posts: 529	Re: 35-37 ford pickup door weatherstrip I finally found my original windlass from my '35 truck. It's fairly complete but very dry and brittle. I cut a small section and found a 3/8" OD, 1/4" ID rubber hose in the center of a 2" wide strip of fabric. The fabric looks like it was cut from a medium thickness sheet of woven cotton. I don't see any stitching nor any signs of glue, but somehow this must have been held together. The fabric wraps around the hose just like fender welting. The part with the hose overlaps the door crack and the fabric is nailed to the perimeter of the door opening and under the kick panel, roof and rear corner panel and held down with the metal strips on top and behind the door. I measured both (for the left and right doors) and it looks like about 106" long on either side. Hope my description is understandable and helps.