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Looks good. What material did you use as the lining, cloth or something else. I am getting close enough to that stage that I should be working out which way to go, I had thought of making a fibreglass version. Tony
For those with US and most likely Canadian 37 to 38 trucks this is how the windlace is supposed to be,it also goes on the front of the door that I did not know.
Thanks Jeff. Mine is a Aus built cab which has the door tops and cab top more rounded than yours appears to be, probably like your 37 models. If I remember correctly there was remnants of windlace on the frame of the door opening but not on the door. Tony
I was looking around on the Jim Carter website and there was a tech section for the windlace and there was pictures from a low mile truck that showed the windlace on the front of the doors,I tore my truck apart around 76 and could not remember seeing any there and only had it around the top when I put it back togather and used 1/2 at that time and its supposed to be 3/8. I am going to look into installing seals too.
That looks great! Thanks for keeping us aware of your progress.
I have helped 2 friends with firewall insulation pads on AD trucks. We learned as much about how not to cut holes in it as we did how.
Here are a few tips that helped us. - It's a real hassle but cutting with the pad out of the truck and on a piece of plywood or hardboard really works. The best approach we figured out was to install the pad and hold it in place with tape. From the engine side use a white paint pen and mark all the openings you will need. Then take the pad out and cut them. - If the required opening is small enough we simply would cut a small "X" with a razor knife and push the cable, bolt, or wire through that. In a few cases we took a pair of heavy duty scissors or snips and cut back a small portion of the flaps on the "X". - Use punches that are used to make holes in gaskets to cut larger round holes. We even made a few larger punches by sharpening the end of a piece of tubing or pipe that was the size we needed. - To make square holes use a wood chisel. - Don't try to drill a hole with a regular drill or hole saw! It just wraps and pulls material.
