I am restoring a 32 Ford Cabriolet and thought that the exterior door handles did not have a rubber or any pad for that matter between the handle and the door. I am asking if anyone knows if there is in fact a pad between the door and handle and if so is it rubber or the "paper" kind. thanks for yall's help. By the way, I have asked in an earlier discussion about getting my engine started and had great help from the club. I will follow up on that discussion when i can make a video and attach it to the reply as well. thanks Don
You will want to get a couple of these, not just for a finishing touch but in case the screws loosen a bit they will help prevent paint chipping.
its official...its the waterproof paper kind. The man that will forget more about 32s' than I will ever know got back to me. thanks all for the help.
I never use those rubber pads...I like the rattling door handles to mask the noisy, ticking lifter sounds
I think his buddy said they are a Paper Gasket OEM and rubber is aftermarket...Many Threads are totally friggin confused due to the eccentric communications that have to be deciphered...The Guy was Wondering and The Thread ***le Is in fact Rubber or Paper... So there have been several Rubber Aftermarket examples shared...and hes not joking waterproof paper... Come on 32 Gurus what was OEM? this is Snyders 30/31 in Waterproof Paper...so hey maybe Paper Gasket type was the dealeo eh...
I started reading about and admiring Deuces when I was about 10, 63 years ago in March and I never heard of the paper door handle pad. What was said on Ford Barn is that the original pads were waterproof (like tar paper) paper. When I looked at Vol. 2 of The 1932 Ford Book in the Appendix chapter the Automotive Hardware and T******* Supplies 1933 edition is shown. That’s not a typo, apparently no 1932 edition was available and the paper pad is listed as B35630, .06 cents each. One strange thing is that it’s listed for the B35 Phaeton, B40 Roadster and B76 Open Cab Commercial Car. It’s odd that no other body styles are mentioned, what happened to the pads for closed cars with their different shaped escutcheons?
Stogy is on his game. Maybe I was too cool in my reply about the pads. What i was saying is that the guy that wrote the 32 Book Mr. Rehor got back to me and its the thick waterproof paper kind. the rubber while maybe an upgrade is not the OEM part that was used. "if you know, you know" i still dont know why people on here have to be so critical. sorry alchemy, in the future I will be more literal. Everybody enjoy their Sunday...if its Sunday where you are of course...
Fordors, throw that question on Ford Barn and maybe snag Mr. Rehor in that discussion. Another great guy to have asked or listen to unfortunately has left for a better place. Mr. Roy Nacewitz. I truly learned so much from him. Was very valuable to the hobby.
I'm curious when rubber replacements came out? I suspect both are actually period correct even in most Traditional Builds... It's important regardless of OEM or not... My Hotrod is circa 1963ish and both rubber and paper/composite was probably also offered to the Hotrod community...perhaps rubber first appeared as a replacement postwar so if you are doing a late 30's early 40s the tar paper is correct as rubber wasn't offered yet... Not trying to be nit picky but that's stuff that one considers when building a period correct Traditional Hotrod...
I just pulled the handle off my old sedan, and wouldn't ya know it there's a shriveled paper-based gasket just like they say. It wasn't softening the stainless to the paint connection, so I'm not sure what the purpose of it is. Maybe it used to be big enough to cushion the ferrule, but has dried up over the years. Learn something new every day!
Rehor probably wouldn’t piss on me if I was on fire. I commented on a ‘32 window regulator on the ‘Barn years ago and he disputed it. Anyway, I was correct, it was the six screw, horizontal style regulator and I had do***entation to back it up. He later added it to the list of omissions in his 1932 book that is on the Early Ford V8 Club website.
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