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Babyboomerboy · 07-07-2024, 09:16 AM

I got the weather seal glued in and I knew it was going to be tight but I can't get the trunk lid to close and latch. Does anyone have any ideas that would help. Thanks

TJ · 07-07-2024, 09:48 AM

I'm no expert on 50 Fords, but is there an adjustment for the catch? If so, you can adjust the catch so the latch will engage.

19Fordy · 07-07-2024, 10:30 AM

Please post clear close up photos of your weatherstrip install and poor fitment issues.

Babyboomerboy · 07-07-2024, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 19Fordy

Please post clear close up photos of your weatherstrip install and poor fitment issues.

Here are a few pictures.

leon bee · 07-07-2024, 12:25 PM

Have you left the car out in the hot sun yet?

19Fordy · 07-07-2024, 12:38 PM

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Thanks for posting the photos. For comparison, I hope someone would post photos of an OEM installation along with a cross section showing how the weather striping fits inside the lid and the trunk body edge.

Babyboomerboy · 07-07-2024, 01:49 PM

Thanks for all the replies. After banging on it a lot I finally got it to latch closed. Tomorrow I will see if I can get it unlatched. Thanks again

ford38v8 · 07-07-2024, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Babyboomerboy

Thanks for all the replies. After banging on it a lot I finally got it to latch closed. Tomorrow I will see if I can get it unlatched. Thanks again

Weather seals need to take a set under the compression of the closed lid or door.

TJ · 07-08-2024, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ford38v8

Weather seals need to take a set under the compression of the closed lid or door.

Alan is correct.

Mart · 07-09-2024, 09:00 AM

You might try slackening the latch a small amount and then tightening it in small increments over time. Unless it starts to unlatch/latch as it is. Leaving it out in the sun sounds like a good idea.

Cecil/WV · 07-10-2024, 01:18 PM

It looks like the seal is on the body, if so, it is wrong, the seal goes on the lid and there is another u shaped piece that goes on the pinch weld on the body.

After a closer look, I see the seal is on the lid.

Don T · 07-10-2024, 02:56 PM

The u shaped piece on the pinch weld on the body is badly out of place in the bottom RH corner. I do not know if you tried to close the trunk when it was that way? This is the normal poorly fitting shoebox trunk lid. Adjust the latch a little at a time and leave closed a few days between adjustments.

07-07-2024, 09:16 AM	#1
Babyboomerboy Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Kansas Posts: 89	installed weather seal in trunk of 1950 Ford but can't get it to close I got the weather seal glued in and I knew it was going to be tight but I can't get the trunk lid to close and latch. Does anyone have any ideas that would help. Thanks

07-07-2024, 09:48 AM	#2
TJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Napa,California Posts: 6,773	Re: installed weather seal in trunk of 1950 Ford but can't get it to close I'm no expert on 50 Fords, but is there an adjustment for the catch? If so, you can adjust the catch so the latch will engage.

07-07-2024, 10:30 AM	#3
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 11,916	Re: installed weather seal in trunk of 1950 Ford but can't get it to close Please post clear close up photos of your weatherstrip install and poor fitment issues.

07-07-2024, 12:25 PM	#5
leon bee Senior Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: Arkansas Posts: 768	Re: installed weather seal in trunk of 1950 Ford but can't get it to close Have you left the car out in the hot sun yet?

07-07-2024, 12:38 PM	#6
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 11,916	Re: installed weather seal in trunk of 1950 Ford but can't get it to close Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks for posting the photos. For comparison, I hope someone would post photos of an OEM installation along with a cross section showing how the weather striping fits inside the lid and the trunk body edge.

07-07-2024, 01:49 PM	#7
Babyboomerboy Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Kansas Posts: 89	Re: installed weather seal in trunk of 1950 Ford but can't get it to close Thanks for all the replies. After banging on it a lot I finally got it to latch closed. Tomorrow I will see if I can get it unlatched. Thanks again

07-09-2024, 09:00 AM	#10
Mart Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Solihull, England. Posts: 9,239	Re: installed weather seal in trunk of 1950 Ford but can't get it to close You might try slackening the latch a small amount and then tightening it in small increments over time. Unless it starts to unlatch/latch as it is. Leaving it out in the sun sounds like a good idea.

07-10-2024, 01:18 PM	#11
Cecil/WV Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gerrardstown, WV Posts: 2,303	Re: installed weather seal in trunk of 1950 Ford but can't get it to close It looks like the seal is on the body, if so, it is wrong, the seal goes on the lid and there is another u shaped piece that goes on the pinch weld on the body. After a closer look, I see the seal is on the lid. Last edited by Cecil/WV; 07-11-2024 at 07:56 AM.

07-10-2024, 02:56 PM	#12
Don T Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Alberta Canada Posts: 108	Re: installed weather seal in trunk of 1950 Ford but can't get it to close The u shaped piece on the pinch weld on the body is badly out of place in the bottom RH corner. I do not know if you tried to close the trunk when it was that way? This is the normal poorly fitting shoebox trunk lid. Adjust the latch a little at a time and leave closed a few days between adjustments.