Technical 32 Trunk Lid Seal

On a 32 3-window coupe, where is the trunk lid seal supposed to go??

 

Nowhere. There is none.

 

In the trunk lid channel.

 

In the channel on the lid . I ended up not using one on mine just figured it would hold water and start to eat away at the paint


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Hemi and Deathrow are probably confusing the OP. From Ford there is no seal. But any hot rodder can put a seal where ever he wants. If it works is yet to be seen.

 

On a runble lid, pack everything in waterproof cotainers. With a trunk, you can extend the troughs in the quarters so the water goes to the panel where the lid latches. You put drain hoses in the panel.

 

Tried the after market seal on a Brookville body. The lid wouldn't close without binding.

 

Would like to hear more on this subject.....

 

On my coupe we put rubber ****ons to cushion the decklid, but did not put a seal in it. After 4500 miles...some thru torrential downpours...there wasn't any problems.

 

Thanks for all your input guys! I'm probably not going to use a seal.

 

I'm not using any seals. No problems with water or fumes

 

Check with soft seal they custom make seals for all types of bodies.

 

On all the deuce roadsters and coupes I've completed we seal the ends of the rear drip pan to the side drain troughs and put drain tubes down thru the floor, problem solved. Been in lots of rain storms and the trunk stays dry and clean. Never have put any kind of rubber seal in the channel or on the lid.

 

Y'all better listen to Andy and Larry, or else!!!!!

 

Stuff stay pretty much dry. We just cover luggage in a plastic sheet to be sure. No seals.
Though we have no interior except the seat occasionally I feel we get a slight whiff of exhaust fumes through the lower rumble lid to lower panel gap, it's just the way the lid swings and it needs the bigger gap to clear on its arc.