[Marine Blue]

Ok I promised some additional project details….here’s one of them.

Last year when I showed the car in concours I was dinged for the condition of the rubber sill trim which had some chunks taken out of it and not surprisingly worn due to age. I decided to replace both door sills so they matched and everything looked new again. The driver side door seal also had some tears in it from shoes dragging over it so that was also added to the list of parts to be replaced.

Like any project on an old car you always get a surprise, in my case either the rubber trim was replaced a long time ago or had lifted and the previous shop used some heavy duty double sided table to anchor them back down. Unfortunately for me that tape decided to adhere to the paint so I had to scrape it off carefully using a plastic razor. Fortunately this didn’t cause any damage to the paint. After a thorough cleaning I installed the new rubber and the door seal. The door seals need permatex seal glue to get them to stay in place in certain spots but overall they fit very accurately into the slot. They do need some time to compress so the door takes some extra effort to close.

Here’s a few pictures of the drivers side.