Oh for sure Tom, I remember those days. I'm sure there are lots of older cars on the road today that have no re-pop parts made for them and you gotta make due with what you can find. The downside is often issues like you have where Ford knew of a problem and designed the part to fit. The "universal fit" stuff was all you used to get; when I had my 56 F100 Panel I installed and reinstalled a couple sets of that type (they never fit right and would eventually peel away. get pinched, tear) until someone, like Dennis Carpenter, finally molded the correct stuff. I think those seals were on it when I finally decided, after 28 years of ownership, to move it onto a new home.
On the driving on a crate, when I built this truck (the 4th time) I drove it around a lot on a milk crate... but never in traffic!
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