Help - 1969 Cowl Weatherstripping question??
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Help - 1969 Cowl Weatherstripping question??
Hi all,
Does anyone know if there is a rubber seal underneath the upper cowl bonding strip near the windshield. The location is where the small stainless pieces would attach to the fiberglass but the seal appears to be under the bonding strip on my car. I am doing a reattachment of a replacement front end and the car has weather the elements for some time before i got it and I want to replace the hard pieces before reattaching the nose and do a full body off restoration.
Also, Is Corvette Rubber still in business or has someone bought them out?
Thanks
Mike
Does anyone know if there is a rubber seal underneath the upper cowl bonding strip near the windshield. The location is where the small stainless pieces would attach to the fiberglass but the seal appears to be under the bonding strip on my car. I am doing a reattachment of a replacement front end and the car has weather the elements for some time before i got it and I want to replace the hard pieces before reattaching the nose and do a full body off restoration.
Also, Is Corvette Rubber still in business or has someone bought them out?
Thanks
Mike
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This was actually what was called the lower pillar weatherstrip and originally was made to the windshield upper pillar. It went right under the edge of the front fender in the door jamb opening and was attached after the front end was installed.
Over time they come apart, but installing your front end is crucial and you should have this part to make sure it fits before painting the car.
We only carry Corvette Rubber parts and have the windshield pillar with the lower section attached. Or you can just purchase the lower section separate. Here is the link.
http://willcoxcorvette.com/advanced_...lar+post+lower
Willcox Inc.
Over time they come apart, but installing your front end is crucial and you should have this part to make sure it fits before painting the car.
We only carry Corvette Rubber parts and have the windshield pillar with the lower section attached. Or you can just purchase the lower section separate. Here is the link.
http://willcoxcorvette.com/advanced_...lar+post+lower
Willcox Inc.
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I thought we'd be talking about the wedge shaped piece of hard rubber that was between the inside of the rear upper corner of the fender and the cowl. The very top of it was hidden by the SS fender trim. You could only see it if you looked down along the windshield corner under the SS trim. This is a piece of seal that I haven't seen for sale in years.
By 71, Chevrolet had done away with the 'formed' piece and was just globing a whole bunch of what looked like butyl rubber to fill the space.
Regards,
Alan
By 71, Chevrolet had done away with the 'formed' piece and was just globing a whole bunch of what looked like butyl rubber to fill the space.
Regards,
Alan
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Thanks , I know of the good Doctor and we'll chech with him. I did check another 69 that a friend is parting out and that car is an earlier build than mine by about 15,000 car and this car has just globs of butyl rubber attached whereas mine has what appears as a formed piece. I am not going even bother trying to think about how that happened and I may just go with the glob and check with a few NCRS friends and see what they say.
Thanks Mike
Thanks Mike
