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Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« on: October 23, 2012, 01:35:37 AM »
This w/e I saw a restored 69 Z-28 and half way from the center towards the passenger side of the trunk he had a red paint stripe on the trunks rubber weather seal about 1/4" wide..Is this a correct detail or just another detail touch by a car guy...He also had the weather seal cut in-line with the red paint stripe.

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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2012, 03:15:51 AM »
I have seen this a lot but only on show restored Chevelle's, El Camino's  & Impalas so thought it was a full size thing or at least not a Norwood Fisher thing.
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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2012, 02:28:55 PM »
This w/e I saw a restored 69 Z-28 and half way from the center towards the passenger side of the trunk he had a red paint stripe on the trunks rubber weather seal about 1/4" wide..Is this a correct detail or just another detail touch by a car guy...He also had the weather seal cut in-line with the red paint stripe.

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That's called "restoration graffiti".  :-(
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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2012, 09:08:38 PM »
It's normally a light grease pencil mark (IIRC, not red). Fisher used it to center the trunk ws. Not very visible, per design.
And very rarely is the ws truly centered.
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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2012, 10:58:33 PM »
It's normally a light grease pencil mark (IIRC, not red). Fisher used it to center the trunk ws. Not very visible, per design.
And very rarely is the ws truly centered.

I have seen this faint mark on two survivors, a 68Z and a 69Z. Both of those cars as Kurt mentioned had a faint mark approximately halfway between the center of trunk and the right upper side. I assumed it was some type of mark for cutting the w/s to a desired length as both marks seemed to be at a half point of total length.
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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2012, 12:45:49 AM »
Thanks  for the clarification..It did make you notice the ws ..It just looked odd to see the weather stripping off-centered as with most cars being centered..

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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2012, 02:36:27 AM »
Eddie, the trunk w/s did vary in the start/stop position but most of the NOR cars I have looked at did not normally have the start/stop ends of the w/s at the latch. It was usually left of the latch. Just my observations and what others have said over the years.
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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2012, 02:53:38 AM »
The center of the weatherstrip had an orange mark which was offset to the right on quite a few original cars.
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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2012, 04:28:57 PM »
My untouched/original 02D Norwood '69 has no marking on the upper area of the weatherstrip, and the end joint is centered on the latch.
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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2012, 05:11:21 PM »
John,

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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2012, 05:18:29 PM »
John,

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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2012, 08:09:26 PM »
X3 on the hat!  ;D You started something now John......
Here is a picture of the mark on a 69Z survivor I referred to earlier.
Notice the mark is just to the left of the right side stripe and the mark is in the middle of the OAL.
I have the pic too large so you have to arrow it to the left to just see the white of a stripe.
Very similar to what James showed.
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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2012, 08:11:00 PM »
John,

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Excellent question!!!!!

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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2012, 09:21:20 PM »
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Re: Trunk Deck - Weather Seal Paint stripe
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2012, 10:19:25 PM »
You bet ya!  Add me to the list, if we can buy them!

Yea Phillip, I can see it now! Members with the hat and our aka embroidered on the side. Dang I'd look good don't you know!
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