Re: [Amc-list] Looking for dealer (weather seals)

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

Peter Stathes (www.amcrambler.com) sells weatherstrip kits for 58-83 AMC/Rambler cars. He also has the window seal kits -- channel and the strips along the doors. If you prefer a rubber wiper type outer window/door seal to the original "fuzzy" (Mohair covered) type used on the earlier cars, tell him and he'll make them up at no extracost, but will be a little extra time. He even made an extra wide rubber wiper for my station wagon tailgate for me! 

Hornet used a rubber on the outside & inside starting in 70. Big cars used an outer rubber/fuzzy inner starting in 72,Javelin & AMX never received the rubber wiper type -- fuzzy in and out the whole way through according to the TSMs (I looked in every one from 67-74). 

Other vendors such as Galvin's, Kennedy American, American Parts Depot, and American Performance also sell door seal kits. 

Metro Moulded Parts has been around a long time. They don't have a lot of AMC specific items, but there are many "universal" items that can be substituted. A lot of the seal kits are just those universal items that have been carefully picked to closely (and sometimes exactly) match what AMC used. JC Whitney carries items from Metro, Karr, and other seal makers. The door seals they sell by the foot as "typical mid 60s" (or something like that) is an exact match for 58-78 AMC big cars and the American. Not sure if it's the same for the Hornets (et.al.) or not. I've matched up trunk seals before, but can't recall which types they are. 

Use contact cement to glue the rubbers to the doors. The household cement that has "spread a thin coat on both parts, wait x minutes for cement to dry, then push parts together" is a contact cement. MAKE SURE THE RUBBER IS WHERE YOU WANT IT BEFORE PRESSING DOWN -- IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL IT BACK UP ONCE CONTACT IS MADE! Sorry for shouting, but it's important! Clean the painted surfaced thoroughly first. Wipe with a non-residue solvent (paint thinner, mineral spirits, or alcohol), and it won't hurt to wipe the seal surface that goes against the metal either. If it's clean and contact cement is used, it will stay! 3M makes a weatherstrip adhesive that is a little more forgiving as far as placement (you can shift the seal or pull it up and reposition if done right away), but I've had longer lasting results with the contact cement.

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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:38:35 -0700
From: Victor the Cleaner <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx>

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 01:55:05PM -0500, bmidd42@xxxxxxx wrote: 
> Can someone suggest a dealer?that handles?AMC rubber weather stripping, etc.

I was wondering about this too.  I was thumbing through an old (1990)
issue of Cars & Parts and saw a couple of ads for places that supply
this stuff:  Metro Moulded Parts (Minneapolis); Karr Rubber Manufacturing 
(El Segundo).  These guys still around?  Anyone ever deal with them?

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