Never noticed that before Bob. Mine was original I talked with the guy that maintained it for the small town that bought it new in ’50. It was one piece so they must have painted the doors on this one before assembly. In fact the paint under the WS was blue on mine.
The bottom butt joint on mine was at 14” and from the illustration it’s not exactly clear where the joint would have been at the top, if they did apply it as two pieces. Your guess that it would fall at the beltline looks to be the most logical place for it.
I’ve heard guys say that they put the WS on with the doors mounted and don’t understand how they did it. It’s bad enough with the door laying flat in front of you on horses.
And you’re the second guy that I know who said he had problems with Steele’s WS.
Sure wish you were with in driving distance Don I’d take ya up on those wheels. Where’d ya get the wheels, were they trailer wheels and what about the offset?
Hey Tim, I think what Bob is referring to is the note in the upper left corner of that page where it says “when front weatherstrip is applied before cab enters paint oven—“. That would indicate to me also that it may have been applied in two pieces at some plants.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
