sealing compound

[68Zproject]

Did the factory use the grey thin ropes that I always called dum dum, for sealing the door water shields and the air vents in the kick panel?  Or did they use black in some places, grey in others etc?

[Big_Al]

My '69 has grey on the door water shields, can't say about the kick panels.

Al

[Oregonjam]

The compound I have seen on Kick panels had a tan appearance. This was on two vehicles both 68 with AC. Other smay be able to confirm or disprov ethis. I believe that neither of these vehicles had the panles out previously. This is the only part I have seen Tan on however.

[Stingr69]

It was very close to the gray 3M Dum Dum but it had a string in it, presumably to help with handling the stuff. You can use the 3M strip caulk in a box to be very close to original minus the string. Plumbers putty works well too. 

-Mark.

[Oregonjam]

This is what I use and was also recommended on another thread.
3M strip caulk part#08578 black
You can get it at pretty much any automotive supplies dealer , Napa, O'reilly etc.

[68Zproject]

I had an SS in H.S. and it was only 6 years old so most of the stuff was original.  The kick panel had grey sealer but there was black on the door shields.  I just wondered if there was a specific kind for certain areas or if they just used both or whatever was available.  I know there is a lot that we know about the assembly process, but some of these little details are scarce it seems.  I would like to know what people that restore cars use for a reference to get all these details.

[Pex68]

On my car kick panels were sealed with grey seam sealer from a tube and dries hard.  See photo.  It's available from auto body shops in a caulk tube. The dum dum was used on the water shields and lower window track bolt.  Strip Caulk is the same stuff.