40 mile run

[P-12 Tommy]

Hey guys, Took the P-12 for a nice 40 mile run today. About half way to where I was going a thundercloud came out of nowhere. You guessed it. I joined the " I got caught in a downpour in my ole' Mopar club" The wipers managed to wipe enough so I could see where I was going. I had to roll all the windows up lickety split. I found tiny leaks in the outboard sides of both windshields. Good thing I put new weatherstripping in. The car ran pretty good. A couple of times it seem to run 190 degrees sitting at lights, which is not too bad. All in all it worked out fairly well.

Tom

[randroid]

Tom,

I'll be reinstalling my windshield with new rubber before too long and am curious as to what, if any, sort of sealant you used. Theoretically we shouldn't need any but the difference between theory and fact is that one has been proven and the other hasn't, and since few of our windshields don't leak I'll let theory flop in the breeze.

-Randy

[Joe Flanagan]

Good to hear, Tom. Forty miles is a good chunk. Good way to work the bugs out. I can't wait till I can do the same thing.

[P-12 Tommy]

Tom,

I'll be reinstalling my windshield with new rubber before too long and am curious as to what, if any, sort of sealant you used. Theoretically we shouldn't need any but the difference between theory and fact is that one has been proven and the other hasn't, and since few of our windshields don't leak I'll let theory flop in the breeze.

-Randy

Randy, I put new weatherstripping on the doors. I haven't touched the windshields yet. That's another job down the road. My back window needs a new seal too. Hopefully I can find one that doesn't have a seam in it.

Tom

[1940plymouth]

Tom,

For my '40 rear window on the coupe, I got the new rubber from Steele, one solid piece. my rear window still leaks, but that is my fault because I did't use the 3-M sealant that I was told to use

[P-12 Tommy]

Thanks Bob. I'll have to check on that.

Tom

[55 Fargo]

Tommy, glad to hear you had fun, my back window has a slight leak witha new weatherstrip too, it was installed by Speedy, but still slight leak in torrential downpours.

Hey I dunno about you, but I can handle a small leak, but hope to fix all of it at some point, the point is we are driving our cars outside of sunshine........

[P-12 Tommy]

You got that right! Somewhere down the road I want to put a headliner in and I don't want to ruin it right off the bat.

Tom