I had noise and a leak where the wind wing met the “A” pillar. There was nothing there.m and the carpet got wet. All the other “front of the door” and firewall to door looked right. The correct seal was also on the edge of the vent.

I went to McMaster-Carr and found some soft round with a hole attached to a flange with sticky back and bought a few feet and it eliminated both problems. It’s the one against the stainless window trim so it looks like 2 seals now. The one on the wind wing closes into it.

I’ve found a lot of weatherstripping and metal edge sealing products from McMaster for years on our race cars.

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

There is a company, Metro Moulded Parts, that sells all kinds of weatherstripping plus a lot of other rubber parts.


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

See I think mine is leaking around the part below the windshield for the door.  Cause there is a piece of rubber weatherstripping that glues on the door to seal in that region and on the passengerside mine is just missing.  I think that could be where the water is getting in because the heater box on mine is dry, rubber floor mat atop the carpet is dry so I dont think it was leaking from the wiper arm pivot but the sill plates front and rear were wet with the carpet right around the sill plate being drenched and at the back door the sill plate had a little water but the carpet was only slighly damp.  This is why I am seriously wondering about the door seals as mine are original to the car from 1956 and my grandfather before he passed away in 86 put some rope like material behind the weatherstripping between the door itself and the weatherstripping to try and get a tighter fit.  Really makes me think its just this old weather stripping that is allowing water in and the fact that the passenger side door is missing that dog leg piece that goes in the door in the position just below the windshield while the driverside is still there abit crushed down now but no leak on that side as carpet is dry and kick panel there is not drenched wet falling apart.

I dont believe it is the part around the top of the doors as a sedan I have the drip rail that runs around the roof above the windshield and doors that would drastically cut down on the amount of water getting into the upper regions of the door seals.  But the part I question is at the base of the windshield where the door has that second rubber seal.

Why I really am contemplating buying a whole replacement seal set but not sure if I want to get it from steele for $330 or get it from rubber the right way which I think may supply to macs and dennis carpenter for $230.  I dont know how long my 56 will be sitting in the rain till I can get to restoration but I do want to keep the interior as dry as possible to prevent rot out.  Plus I do drive the car a little.

The next thing on my list is trying to figure out how to get the fresh air ducts apart as I got new flapper valves to install and it appears the connector piece from the elbow at the body cowl to the fender tube that has the flapper valve is simply a twist up to line up the groove and slide back.  Havent tried it cause the way its designed it looks like there is some kind of weather seal in that tube as well and want to be sure before I go disturbing something that I could just let wait till restoration.

1956 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan - 292 Y8 - Ford-O-Matic - 155,000 mi