Paper rope?

[Anonymous]

I need help with what the stuff is that goes around the doors and in a couple of other places. It looks like twisted paper rope. It is full of rusty tacks on mine and I would like to replace it. Is it available?

[Anonymous]

You can get it from CAS in holland. They use normal rope now so probably any DIY shop.

I did all of mine –

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[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info. Did the tacks stay in the rope ok? I cannot get the tacks out of the old stuff. Also did you find tacks through the metal in places too? Final question is the rope glued in the channel?

[Anonymous]

Yep the French nailed carpets to the inner sills, I removed circa 3 sets on my car. The door seals were/are stapled into the rope and my carpets are now held in with a few black self tappers (as the carpets are black)

[Anonymous]

Yes there were nails everywhere.

I also self tapped the carpets in (melted a small hole first with soldering iron)

Yes, tacks stay in the rope, I think I used contact adhesive to hold the rope in although you do have to hammer it hard for it to site nicely.

[Anonymous]

I think I will order some from CAS to be safe. I already decided to hold the carpets in with stainless steel self tapping screws and cups. I am also going round with seam seal to block anywhere water may get in. Surprising how many gaps there are really.

[Anonymous]

@bazessex wrote:

I am also going round with seam seal to block anywhere water may get in. Surprising how many gaps there are really.

Just make sure that there are some drain holes in the sills and door bottoms though to let any water that does get in, get out again.

[Anonymous]

@OSL282 wrote:

@bazessex wrote:

I am also going round with seam seal to block anywhere water may get in. Surprising how many gaps there are really.

Just make sure that there are some drain holes in the sills and door bottoms though to let any water that does get in, get out again.

I am doing that in fact I am looking at a few new drain points. The reason the bottom of my doors were so bad was due to a previous repair all drain holes were blocked and the filler had not been painted on the inside so it just absorbed more water. I was referring to gaps inbetween panels around the bulkhead more than anywhere else.

[Anonymous]

Given that the ‘scuttle Vent’ seems nigh on impossible to get to seal correctly if you want to leave it operable in the summer I had consider adding a hole in the floor where water in the front of the car could get out.

Some do permanently seal them up, but in hot weather it does help to get a bit of airflow into the car without having the side windows open. Opening the windscreen on a post July 52 Big Boot car is problematic given the location of the wipers and for some reason, for me, is the noisiest method of getting air in on the move.

[Anonymous]

My scuttle vent does not leak, it seems to have a fairly new looking neoprene rubber covering the entire flap. I will take a picture when I can. I am looking at fitting some kind of drip tray so it can be used when raining if required but that is a next year project.

[Anonymous]

It’s a half-assed design. Many American cars of the time had cowl vents with a plenum beneath with ductwork out of that above the bottom of the plenum so water would not get into the ducts and there would be a drain at the bottom of the plenum. Might be an idea to make such a thing if there was room for it. Maybe in the high-wipered cars?

[Anonymous]

@L.Lewis wrote:

It’s a half-assed design. Many American cars of the time had cowl vents with a plenum beneath with ductwork out of that above the bottom of the plenum so water would not get into the ducts and there would be a drain at the bottom of the plenum. Might be an idea to make such a thing if there was room for it. Maybe in the high-wipered cars?

That is basically what I was thinking of. It will have to be shallow though due to wipers.

[Anonymous]

What might be easy to use would be a shallow plastic container used for holding food and such and then figure it out from there. But suspending it into the car might be tricky. I might so something like that for my 49, there’s room under there for such a thing, just need a rubber drain hose.

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