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#1080816 01/22/2015 6:37 PM
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My 49 has the tracks on the inside for door seals does anyone make those tracks? some of mine have been destroyed.
Who makes the seals that go into those tracks ?

Also, is there a good reference of how the seals and weatherstripping are attached ?


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found some good info in previous posts on how to install, but nothing that looks like the tracks (retainers)


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is the track attached to the cab?

are your referring to the windlace track?

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just-a-hacker,

Jim Carter truck parts used to sell short lengths of that track. You might to call them.

FYI: sometime in 1949 they changed to the tracks for that door "windlace". Prior to that, the windlace was held in place using screwed-in strips of metal.


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Jim Carter item CB-350 it comes in 12" sections.

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Classic Parts of America sells the complete windlace channel guides per side.
left windlace channel guide
right windlace channel guide

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thanks,
ordered the retainers from Jim Carter and the rubber from Steele products


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