Posted By: superbee69
77 ramcharger - 12/16/14 10:31 PM
need to know if there is anybody that sells the gaskets for the removable top and rear lift and gate. thanks any help appreciated!
77 ramcharger
Posted By: 79machocharger
Re: 77 ramcharger - 12/16/14 11:43 PM
Not that I know of, wish there was. Chances of finding NOS ones are slim as well.
Posted By: Kern Dog
Re: 77 ramcharger - 12/17/14 08:46 AM
Nothing from LMC ??
Posted By: 79powerwagon
Re: 77 ramcharger - 12/17/14 12:26 PM
The reality is, MOST of these gaskets are "stock profiles", and with a bit of ingenuity and patience, you can find and use something designed for something else.
The rear quarter window gaskets were cut out of my 1964 Plymouth wagon by the body shop. At that time, they were NOT available anywhere! I called in our local glass installer who felt he could come up with something that would work, even if it weren't a molded gasket "ring" like the OEM. I left him with the task!
About two weeks later, I get a call from the body shop telling me a box had arrived in my name on it for the car. The next day, the glass guy installed the quarter windows, and unless you were standing arms-length or closer to the car, you'd never know they weren't factory correct!
I asked him how he found the gaskets, and he replied that it turns out the windshield gasket for a late-model Caterpillar with a cab was actually the correct profile for the 1964 Plymouth, so that's what he used!
The rear quarter window gaskets were cut out of my 1964 Plymouth wagon by the body shop. At that time, they were NOT available anywhere! I called in our local glass installer who felt he could come up with something that would work, even if it weren't a molded gasket "ring" like the OEM. I left him with the task!
About two weeks later, I get a call from the body shop telling me a box had arrived in my name on it for the car. The next day, the glass guy installed the quarter windows, and unless you were standing arms-length or closer to the car, you'd never know they weren't factory correct!
I asked him how he found the gaskets, and he replied that it turns out the windshield gasket for a late-model Caterpillar with a cab was actually the correct profile for the 1964 Plymouth, so that's what he used!
Posted By: LilRed7879
Re: 77 ramcharger - 12/17/14 10:42 PM
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Nothing from LMC ??
Nope - there has been at least 3 people I know of start the process and realized that the mold expense (over 200K for the whole set) could never be recouped since the demand is so small.
Like the other poster said your best bet is to have an older glass guy look at it and they could come up with some ideas.
Posted By: NoFrills
Re: 77 ramcharger - 12/18/14 12:38 AM
I have a set of nos top gaskets. I dont want to get rid of them. If some one wants to have them made could use them as a pattern.