I understand the stock door seals on my 1941 Ford COE were 2 6-8" seals near the bottom of the door and something called windlace that surrounds the rest of the door. The former I just ordered from Wescotts. The latter is purported to be an upholstery guy thing... Until I get all the upholstery in the truck, is there some modern door seal that might work?
I don't waste time trying to find door seals that "fit" for a temporary fix. Go to a building supply store and get rolls of cheap adhesive backed foam that is meant to seal up home doors and windows. Try to find an area where the door overlaps the cab opening and will pinch the foam to form a seal. I don't think there ever will be a perfect seal, but this is better than nothing. Wind-lacing is a foam rope wrapped in upholstery material that is pinched between the cab and finisher board so that it extends out into the door opening. When the door is closed the wind-lacing lays against the door creating an archaic seal. This method is certainly not up to par with modern methods of sealing.
Have you tried Steele Rubber or Dennis Carpenter for quality seals that actually fit? They both know what a coe requires and can provide what you need. They fixed me up for my ‘56 seals. Regards, Mark.
I think the root problem is that 1941 really had no official seals designed into the doors whereas by 1956 Ford had considered this.... I like your thinking Steve on temp versus perm... maybe I should just be trying my hand at making those panels that surround the door first... Of course, I realized last night that I hadn't taken the door bumpers or all the little tack looking things off the door openings... So I was out there doing that....
Steele carries this in peel and stick as well as non-adhesive. I am thinking the former.. They are going to send a sample..
I had an seat guy make mine up . They work great and we’re cheap . Made them during lunch . Wind lace works great.
I got my little 1" sample from Steele Rubber products... Unfortunately, I don't have the truck right now... I am a little concerned about sticking something to my new paint... Isn't there a curing time that's needed? Same deal for first washing it, right?
With modern paint, it is not uncommon to mask off basecoat within an hour. Unfortunately, the type of adhesive used on rubber seals is much more aggressive than masking tape. I would ask my painter for their thoughts.
It’s a round piece of round rubber that is covered with leather or vinyl that raps around and has about 1” of that material from each direction sewn up close to the insert . So it’s double vinyl going off to the side . Then it stapled if there’s wood or pinched by the body and trim . I will see if I can find a piece tomorrow and take some pictures .
I wonder if that's what the zillion little tack like things were surrounding the interior door openings.
In my 37 Dodge sedan, there was a 3/8" x 1/2" piece of dense cardboard nailed into a relief in the body with spiral shank nails, then all interior pieces were tacked to that. (yes , a zillion tacks)
Steve, do you happen to know where a person might get some of that paper(?) tack strip material? I need some for my Plymouth.
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