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| | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,192 Insomniac | | Insomniac Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,192 | So, what are these 4 slots on the hinge side of the door for? The weather strip is supposed to be glued on... [img] http://members.shaw.ca/ghillsden/misc/doorhingeside.jpg[/img]
Gord 🇨🇦
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1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | See what you made me do? I went outside and looked at mine, and don't have those things..I would just glue in the new stuff..Maybe you could open a Molson with those..Good Luck, Steve | | | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 | I have a '51 and I don't remember seeing anything like that before. Are you sure these are stock? Cecil........ | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,192 Insomniac | | Insomniac Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,192 | Gee, I could open 8 beers at once! (4 on each door). I think that they are on the wrong side of the door - should be on the latch side for a bottle opener.
I am pretty sure that they are stock. Maybe GM had problems with glue in cold weather, so Canadian trucks had some gadgets to help keep the weatherstrip in place?
Once the doors are on, I won't see them.
Gord 🇨🇦
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1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 60 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 60 | HEY, 22 YRS OF BUILDING THESE TRUCKS I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT....
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,513 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,513 | I have those on my 52. Must be a Canadian thing. There is a clip that slips thru the slot and has one wide end that pushes up against the weatherstrip to keep it in place. I have them in a bag somewhere. I'll try to find them and post a pic. There was not one clutch head screw anywhere on mine either. Everything was phillips head in Canada. Do you have any clutch head screws on yours?
Curt B.
1952 1300 Canadian 1/2 ton restomod You Tube | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 336 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 336 | Weatherstrip clips makes sense; glue technology is better now, so I probably don't need them.
The only clutch head screws I have found on the truck are on the vacuum motor for the wipers. As you say, everything else is Phillips. I replaced that wiper motor with an electric one, so it is now "clutch head screw free".
Gord
1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed
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