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New Seals Good News Earlies and Mids
#467950 May 15th 2011 6:59 pm
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Talked with Restoration Specialties. They promised me 6 sets for earlies to pickup and take to Carlisle
with me. I ll get em in 2 weeks or so. Full production runs will immediately
follow my releaseing them to the public so to speak. They so far have only made
seals for the all of the doors,front,sides,rears. They also made the popout
seals,both of them. The vent window seal is still proving difficult to master
but they will continue to try. They currently dont want to make the windshield
or fixed body window,cargo door window seals due to responses from the public
stating these are still good quality seals from Carpenter's. They do however
plan to continue making other seals like for the pedals,battery box lid,doghouse
lid,fresh air vents under dash,side step,etc. They had plans of making the
antenna seal but I told them it would be a waste of time since new ones come
with it anyway,if you can even find a new one. After market ones work just fine
anyway.
Overall it sounds pretty good. The sets I take to Carlisle will be available
for sale there to attendees first. After Carlisle I ll fill orders for anyone
else.
Additionally, I asked them to make seals for mid Econolines and the answer
was YES, but not til after they finish with the early stuff. I would say thats a
year out at this point. Guess I ll have to find a mid to haul up there too.


Tim in Ky
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Constantly parting out E100 vans and trucks.
A100 parts also available
Re: New Seals Good News Earlies and Mids
Ky_Tim #468260 May 16th 2011 7:14 pm
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Mids would be nice,was gonna get some made for the guys on Econoline.com.But i waited to see how they were,And glad I did.I understand that in less then a year they are cracking and falling apart,they were for the windows and doors.Pop out windows would sell like cazy alot of window mids really need then,I would buy a whole set If the quality was good.

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vanner71 #468298 May 16th 2011 9:36 pm
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Originally Posted by vanner71
Mids would be nice,was gonna get some made for the guys on Econoline.com.But i waited to see how they were,And glad I did.I understand that in less then a year they are cracking and falling apart,they were for the windows and doors.Pop out windows would sell like cazy alot of window mids really need then,I would buy a whole set If the quality was good.


Who made the poor quality seals you speak of? The company Im dealing with has a good reputation and already makes a ton of stuff for other various make vehicles.


Tim in Ky
EconoUSAparts
Your used 61-67 Econoline parts source
Constantly parting out E100 vans and trucks.
A100 parts also available
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Ky_Tim #468372 May 17th 2011 9:21 am
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I believe it was Karr Rubber

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Ky_Tim #468496 May 17th 2011 10:06 pm
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I need the felt, squeegee, and vent gaskets for mine, I already bought the windshield gasket from a glass company, they are being made still obviously, require work due to manufacture issues of the vans having foam in the corners causing frame rot it there is ever a leak.

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Ky_Tim #537990 February 09th 2012 8:25 pm
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Ok,ok,so things havent progressed as I would have hoped but I called Restoration Specialties today and the owner claims he is ready to
send me all 3 seals for the pop out windows for my approval before he proceeds
with production. He says all 3 are done. He also says the front door seals(which
I received prototypes of 8 months ago) have now been fitted with the wire pieces
that help attach the seal to the door thru the little holes they pop into. I had
the prototype door seals at Baker's last June and they seemed ok but without the
wires it makes installation difficult. He says the cargo door seals will be done
very soon also.
The vent window seals are more complicated and they tried to do them but
werent happy with the results so they had another company make them for them.
Originally I was supposed to have a sample of it by December past,but that never
happened. They had pricing issues and others with the other company which they
say has been resolved now. New date for sample seal is by the end of March.
This all sounds very promising but history with them tells me they haven't
met a deadline yet. They say a week on me receiving the seals,I say at least a
month but we will see. I hope for once Im wrong about this but it's now been
almost 21 months since this venture started and they are at least a year past
the expected production date of all the seals.






Tim in Ky
EconoUSAparts
Your used 61-67 Econoline parts source
Constantly parting out E100 vans and trucks.
A100 parts also available
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Ky_Tim #539543 February 14th 2012 5:29 pm
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Well, I am still waiting for the mid Ford seals to show up. I will need at least 2 complete sets for all the pop-out windows (I have 2 Chateau Club Wagons needing all new seals) as well as other stuff for a third mid box van. I know there must be huge pent-up demand for mid window gaskets. I applaud your efforts to get these items produced.


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