Sid,
I totally respect your opinion on this and I always have given my customers the
option and left it up to them. I suppose if they thoroughly glued the
weatherstrip so no water could become trapped or get underneath the
weatherstrip this method would work. I really like being able to discuss this
and I don't have to be right. Thanks again
Dean
sidney raper <spl310@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Dean,
I can see where it would make things easier to put it in that channel, but
based on my experience with rotten cars, I think that you are doing a
disservice suggesting that the strip go on the body. I have had cars that
had big chunks of the lip rusted away due to moisture being trapped in that
channel. I have taken cars apart that had the gasket in there, and even
though the entire car was bone dry, in between the gasket and the lip, there
was plenty of moisture to continue to propogate rust. That is why I asked
about the TSB.
I think that those gaskets belong on the lid.
BTW, the gasket on my 67 is on the body - the guy that did the body work and
paint put it on there. Kind of a bummer as it will be a PITA to remove
without mucking things up...
Sidney Raper
1964 1500 (still a project.... sigh....)
1967 SRL311 00076 (alive again!)
Jacksonville Florida
http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>From: "datsun parts.com"
>To: Sidney raper , slowboy@cox.net
>CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: trunk body mounted gasket??
>Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:16:11 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Hey, Sid. How are you doing? This is one of the questions
>Ross at Sports Imports and I discussed when he sent down a original
>weatherstrip for duplication. The cars came over with the weatherstrip on
>the lid side. It has been my recommendation to put the, completely
>different design, 84806-10400 on the body side. Many of my customers have
>told me that the newer weatherstrip fits better on the body side and
>allows the lid to close with some adjustment. Gary Wasserman prefers this
>weatherstrip and really likes it on the body side. I have sold hundreds
>upon hundreds of this weatherstrip with this recommendation.
> I originally noticed it fit in the gutter on the body side
>and installed on my own car. Worked a lot better. So my decision to make
>this recommendation was based on customer daily driver comments as well as
>award winning restorer comments. Don't always need a service bulletin...!
>Thank you for asking. It's a good question.
>
>Dean
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