Good info Mike!
I'm sure the original seal was just a straight extrusion. I'm certain it wasn't molded with an arc. But like you said, and I know from handling/storing the extrusions I have make, If you lay this in the sun over a form you can get it to take a new shape eventually. My extrusions come rolled and I cut them to length and stack them flat and after a coupe weeks they are FLAT.
Who makes that extrusion? It looks VERY similar to the 63-66 A body hood to radiator seal extrusion I had made.
That metal strip is stamped with curved edge. Doubt anyone would tool up to make that. For a driver quality car I'm sure just a similar metal strip would be fine. Why would it need the extra strength of the curved/bent edges?
Jim, the original very well could be just an extrusion? but the repro's durometer could be a little less on it's current scale, as far as the metal retainer/backing plate, it really needs the curved/rolled over edges to grip the raised edge on the underside mounting lip to hold the rubber strip straight, I'm sure one could use just a piece of flat stock, drill the required mounting holes, but then your left trying to align the rubber so it lays flat in appearance rather than have waves, the rolled edges of the original metal backing strip add some rigidity and uniformity to the rubber when cupping the raised mounting boss of the profile, when I don't have an original backing strip supplied by the customer, I fabricate one from "miniature" box iron/steel square tubing with a wall thickness of generally .040-.060, using a Doall band saw to cut the box down to a "U" shaped piece, then clean up the edges in a milling machine, along with milling the slotted holes, alot of work for a piece never seen, but people/judges do lift the rubber seal to see if mounted correctly, esp on a Daytona
As to whom the vendor is?, I don't know, I generally purchase the piece thru Year One, but I suspect it's Dale's Cuda Shop as the supplier to YO
Mike
