Several days of work on the "Doodlebug" has brought about some more progress. The area below window #26 was attacked and all of the rotten wood was removed. Some priming of the metal was started. Meanwhile, weatherstripping above #21 was made ready. In this photo is a steel strip, a strip of felt and a wood retainer. These components make a sandwich near the top of the window opening.
If you look closely, one can see, from bottom to top: steel strip, felt, car side and last the wood retainer. As the window is raised, it rubs on the felt strip. This is the upper seal.
Above the window opening is placed a piece of foam insulation board. There are 6 pins poking through the panel.
A piece of sheet metal goes over the insulation, and the 6 pins come through that. They are then bent over to keep all in place. Eventually a wood panel will be installed to cover all of this and providing a surface to mount the baggage racks to.
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