1949 2D sedan weatherstrip question

[Guest imported_Pertti K]

I ordered a weather strip from Fusick for my '49 98 2 door club sedan, the product # is TWU66. However, I couldn't figure out how to install the weather strip. My car has two old strips:

1. On the body at the top section of the trunk lid opening and

2. On the trunk lid at the bottom and both sides.

Weather strips on the body and on the trunk lid have different profiles. Shop manual also shows 2 different profiles: one for top section and one for side section. Both of them are different from the one in Fusick's catalog.

Is the new one supposed to replase both of them or only the other? Recommended 9 ft will not cover both of them. Or how were the original weatherstrips installed (I can't be sure if the ones on my car are original)?

If anyone has a photo of their car's weatherstripping, it would be a big help!

Thank you for your help already in advance!

[rocklin_ron]

I did the trunk on my '49 Olds 88 Club Coupe recently. I assume some similarity exists, so I will offer the following. Yes, the piece in the gutter of the body at the top and the piece used on the sides and bottom of the lid differ. I would suggest you get a Steele Rubber Products catalog (800-425-6088) and examine the partially dimensioned profiles in the catalog. Steele will send you free 1" samples of any cross section that looks promising, and you can match them up to your old strip for best fit. Fusick might also send you free samples; they are a good house. I ended up using 11' of Steele 70-0463-85 for the lid and 6' of 70-0412-85 for the body gutter (your 98 will probably use different profiles). Steele sells an expensive molded corner for the ends of the gutter, but you can easily curve the gutter weatherstrip around the corners.

One other thing, I found that I had to install the lid weatherstrip gapped slightly away from the lid flange in order for it not to high center on the body flange and prevent lid closing. I had the same experience with a '49 Cad fastback.