VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - 1945 AND EARLIER 1937-1945 Help with Door Glass Sweep Install etc.

Would appreciate any guidance on installation of door glass sweeps and weatherstrips. My vehicle is a 40 convertible but parts catalogs indicate that sweeps and weatherstrips are similar for 1930-1940 cars.
Re glass sweeps at top of door window well, I don't find any screw holes for installation. How were they installed, glued? Looking for best installation approach.
Re weather strip, it seems as though glass sweeps would be inadequate to keep rain out of running into window well. I'm looking at some weather strip items in filling station catalog which install in window riser channel, or attach to metal flap on side of channel. Some have rubber lips on outside of window, some on both sides. Was there a rubber weather strip used in addition to the glass sweeps during this era? If so, did they have lips on outside of glass only or both sides of glass? Did they interfere with window rollers?
Any advice on how these items were installed, functioned or best approach to resist water flow into door would be welcome. Thanks very much, ragtop40.

The sweeps on my '38 used staples. I can only assume it was done by machine. Most use the tiny screws on replacements. If your 40 used staples as well you'll be able to see the small holes where they fastened.

I am 99% sure the 1940 convertible DID NOT HAVE a glass sweep on top of the door nor were the rubber flaps etc. used. The water that enters the top of the door drains out of the bottom. The various parts used on a closed car were not used on a convertible due to the heavy metal frame on rear and top of the door glass.
The window sweep was stapled in place for closed car and holes were present.

The parts that you mentioned are listed "except cabroilet" in the Chevrolet parts book.

Tiny/Gene, thanks very much for your replies. Gene, well, I guess that explains why I didn't find any holes to install sweeps like the ones Tiny mentioned in his '38. Yup, the window frames riding on the top/rear of the door glass would no doubt interfere with any sweeps....makes sense. While I hope to avoid significant driving in the rain, the thought of moisture running down the windows into the door, even with drain holes in the bottom of the door, seems like a recipe for rust. Do you think it would be worth while to try to use one of the rubber weather strip types that fit into the riser channel or just stay with the way the doors were done originally without them? Say, the Chevy parts book that you used for reference, could you advise where I could get one? Best regards, Bob

As long as the weep holes in the bottom of the door are open you won't see much rust from that. It's when they get plugged and hold the moisture that rust becomes a problem.

Tiny's car is a 1938 coupe.

Thanks for that reassuring thought Tiny. Gene, do you know where I could find a copy of the Chevy parts book that you use for reference? Sounds like that would be super useful, regards, Bob

Here is an online copy of a 1941 Master Parts List.

1928-41 Master Parts List

Until sometime in the last 50's Chevy published cumulative parts lists. It was recommended to me to get a parts book a few years newer than your car. That would be new enough that the errors and omissions were addressed plus it would start to show some of the parts substitutions that were starting to happen.

I have an original 1928-1940 Master Parts List which works well for my '37. I found it on eBay maybe 6 -8 years ago.

If you are a VCCA member you can post in the "Parts Wanted" forum of VCCA Chat.