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Title: Tape seal side windshield moldings? 64 1/2 Convert
Post by: midnite cruiser on March 17, 2020, 02:17:29 PM
Osborn Body Manual p17 calls for ESB-M4G32A .06 x .75 Sealer tape over the side windshield molding- to A pillar.
Not finding anything obvious from my usual suppliers (VCM, NPD), I assume some generic substitution is being done.

Black Gorilla tape looks to have too much sheen.
What are y'all using?
Title: Re: Tape seal side windsheild moldings
Post by: carlite65 on March 17, 2020, 03:20:23 PM
search this site for 'gaffer's tape.'
Title: Re: Tape seal side windsheild moldings
Post by: jwc66k on March 17, 2020, 04:32:24 PM
Osborn Body Manual p17 calls for ESB-M4G32A .06 x .75 Sealer tape over the side windshield molding- to A pillar.
Not finding anything obvious from my usual suppliers (VCM, NPD), I assume some generic substitution is being done.
What I found on both my 66 San Jose Mustangs is that the original tape is a flat dark gray on both sides. Gaffers' tape is dark gray on the top, the sticky side is white. Just a heads up.
AMK has a "masking tape", B-11665, a 2 inch wide roll, that looks good, but I've not opened the original bag to check.
Jim
Title: Re: Tape seal side windshield moldings
Post by: CharlesTurner on March 17, 2020, 05:10:30 PM
What area are is being referred to?  Having a hard time remembering any cloth tape on convertible A-pillars.
Title: Re: Tape seal side windshield moldings
Post by: midnite cruiser on March 18, 2020, 03:06:17 PM
Between windshield side molding and upper door molding here. This is where I am seeing it called out in Osborn Body

Title: Re: Tape seal side windshield moldings
Post by: midnite cruiser on March 18, 2020, 03:20:35 PM
Thanks all I have since sourced the 913-4 black tape via NPD.
Also I note that the bottom of the replacement upper molding has a metal tab extension with a hole in it.
The convertible does not have the extra hole in the A pillar/door pillar so I guess I will extract that before mounting.
Title: Re: Tape seal side windshield moldings
Post by: CharlesTurner on March 18, 2020, 04:46:41 PM
Between windshield side molding and upper door molding here. This is where I am seeing it called out in Osborn Body

On your early car, the only thing used there was rope caulk.  Later used a foam seal.

Your car shouldn't have the tab with a screw.  Remove the tab from the rubber.