Anybody who has a 240 parts car?

[richard1]

I need info on the original inner body hatch weatherstrip. Is it a three or four piece set and how does it compare to the repro set sold by MSA and others?

[Arne]

Richard, the outer hatch weatherstripping on both my former yellow car and my current red car were original, and were the one-piece style, not the three-piece.

That said, there is no clear consensus which 240Zs came with which style, or no consensus that I have seen.

[richard1]

weatherstrip on mine seems to be a four piece set....the top, both sides and the bottom. May it be the way it is molded on the original to look as a four pieces set?

There are no splits at the joints after 37 years.....maybe they were glued together at the factory during installation. It is the reason I only want a piece of the original weatherstrip coming from a parts car.

[Arne]

Oh! I mis-read. I was thinking of the outer weatherstrip. The inner is considered one-piece, but is—as you've noticed—molded as several different parts that are bonded together.

I have the repro on my car. It's not quite as nice as a factory seal, perhaps, but it firs and looks fine. It is also bonded together like the original.

[richard1]

I REALLY need a part of the original one of about 31". I have the expertise to repair original sets and match broken pieces with the real original set up as per the factory standards.

I hope you pick up my point.

I am not starting a weatherstrip business......I just want a piece of JUNK about 31" coming from the side hatch of a parts car.

It is my personal car.

Nothing more.......

[Arne]

You asked for info in the first post. If your intent was to ask for a part, this should really be in the classifieds, not in the general forums.