Fender welt, when did Studebaker start using it?

I know that by 1928 Studebaker was using fender welt in their cars. When did they start? Did they use it earlier in their higher priced cars? Did they use antisqueak strips in the early cars that did not have welt?

Thanks for your input.

When I disassembled my 1923 Light Six it did not appear to have been disassembled before and I found nothing between the fenders and body.

Scott

Thanks Stude Light,

That is what I thought but was wondering about antisqueak material. I guess they didn't worry so much about that back when the road noises were so loud anyway.

In the absence of welting, a layer of 3M "Super 88" electrical tape will prevent squeaking between sheet metal pieces. Trim it so it's about 1/4" in from the edge and it won't be seen. It comes in black. Don't use the cheap tape for this. The Super 88 tape is fairly thick (.0085") as tapes go and sticks well. If you want to really hide the tape, the 3M Type 35 tape comes in 10 colors, is 0.007" thick. You may need to go to an electrical supply house for the colors; the Super 88 tape should be at Lowe's, Home Depot, etc.

See http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/EMDCI/Home/Products/Catalog/~/All-3M-Products/Industry-and-Professionals/Electronics-Electrical-Supplies/Electrical-Commercial-Industrial-Products-Catalog/Electrical-Tape-Mastics-Special-Use/Vinyl-Electrical-Tapes

There are two types of fender welt that I've seen....the beaded type where the bead shows between the fender and body and the non-beaded type that would be loacted far enough inboard from the fender edge that it would be compressed and not be seen. I thought I would reassemble my car with the non-beaded type. I believe Restoration Supply sells it. Gary got me thinking though. I have some 3M Scotch 130 deg C Linerless Splicing Tape....great stuff, rubber based, conforms really well, slightly tacky on both sides, sticks to itself and is 0.030" thick.

Scott

the 27 eu im working on has beaded type.