I need to track down where I can get two new rubber boots that have the door wiring passing through them. This is for a 1962 Oldsmobile 98 Four Door

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Have you checked out Steele Rubber?

http://www.steelerubber.com/

 

Theres also Metro Rubber and Soft Seal Weather stripping

 

None of these list the wiring conduits for a 1962 Olds (nor for a 1962 Caddy or Impala, either). The only source I've found is Hubbard's Impala Parts, who has these for $20 a pair. I don't know if these match the Olds originals or not, but they might work.



As a side note about Hubbard's, no one listed a rear package shelf in aqua for my 67 Delta, but Hubbard's has it for a 67 Impala, which uses the same rear window glass. They also had correct arm rest pads in aqua. Sometimes GM's parts bin engineering is a good thing.

 

Also, for future reference, let's get the names right.

It's Soffseal, not Soft Seal

https://www.soffseal.com/store/main.aspx


It's Metro Moulded Parts, not Metro Rubber

http://metrommp.com/


I'm not saying you won't get to the right place with typing the wrong name into a search engine, but it might save a step or two to start out with the correct vendor names.

 

Hi Guys, Sorry for delay in getting back. Thanks for your input. It is very true about using the correct terms and typing when trying to search for items. It turns out that I have found what I think is the correct part that is listed for a full size Chev. I found it by using the term Conduit. I will let you know if it is the correct part.

http://www.lategreatchevy.com/full-s...1961-1962.html


This leads me to my next challenge. That is the front door seals. I have asked Fusicks about their listed part for 1962 Olds 98, But that turns out to be sold by the foot. Making it not correct for my car as the ends are moulded.

Soffseal do list the door seals but have two listings. One for a 1962 Olds 98 Sedan and one for a 1962 Olds Hardtop ( that was what I was told by staff ). Can someone help explain the term Hardtop, as I have had it mentioned to me before. My understanding of my car is that it is a 4 door pillarless and Oldsmobile called it a Holiday Sedan. Model ID is 62-3839. Where does this " Hardtop" term come from.
Am I correct that the soffseal code 2207 $133.86 USD is correct for my car. Have been given a price here in New Zealand of $500-550 NZD !!!!!
Not hard to see why they will not get my sale.

 

Pillarless means hardtop. The terms are interchangeable. No center pillar between the front and rear windows on each side. Can be a two-door or four-door. In Oldsmobile parlance, "Holiday" meant hardtop, and it could be a Holiday Sedan (four door) or Holiday Coupe (two door).


Here's a '62 Olds 98 four-door hardtop. No center pillar.




Two-door hardtop.




98 Town Sedan. I don't think it's a center pillar so much as it is full-frame windows.




Here's a nice, side-by-side comparison from the '62 Olds brochure showing the Super 88 Celebrity Sedan (full frame side windows) and Holiday Sedan (no frames around the windows - a hardtop).






The term hardtop is short for "hardtop convertible." The idea is that the car, when the windows were down, looked, from a distance, like a convertible with the top up and the windows rolled down. Convertibles have no center pillar.

 

Were there any domestic manufacturers that made hardtops after 76? I've heard stories about roll over standards and such, I'm just not sure if it's true.

 

There was a PERCEIVED threat of rollover standards by DOT, which is one reason why convertibles went away for a while (though the real reason was just tiny sales volume - the rollover thing was an excuse).

It also depends on your actual definition of "hardtop". I'd argue that the second gen F-body was a hardtop, and that platform was built through 1981.

 

Also try:


'Rubber the right way' in the U.S.


I replaced pretty much all my rubber through them.

 

I've done business with them as well with no problems.

http://www.rubbertherightway.com/

 

Pretty streamline system they have too, they had a list of a full rubber kit done for my model car for someone else, we went off that minus a few things I did not need.

 

Thanks for that I will give them a try.

Also can anyone give me a detailed diagram and description of the "seal" ( shown shaded in picture). I will need to try and source
or make, but am not sure of its real shape or exactly where it sits.



or make, but am not sure of its real shape or exactly where it sits.