Fourgonnette F4 back rubber door seal

[Realnut4]

Hi!

Great forum!

I am looking for a new/NOS ruber door seal for the back door of my 1970 Fourgonnette. We restored her recently, but we had to make a makeshift seal from cellular rubber. Water still keeps coming in and since I want to use the car as my daily ride this year, a proper seal would be great...

Anyone got a spare one at home?

Thanks in advance!

Volker

 

[malcolm]

Der Franzose in Germany stocks the standard door seal (it's a reproduction). In the saloons the same seal is used for all but the lower part of the rear door. For the F4 I don't know which seals are used, but that might be worth a look.

 

[Realnut4]

Thanks!

I bought the same one from reno4er.de for the back door of my convertible. The seal of the back door of the F4 is different and rather flat.

Volker

 

[tim1casa]

Hi Volker.

I'm looking to restore my F4 van, and looking at the rear door seal, I could also do with replacing it. How did you get on?

Regards Tim

 

[reidalpine]

Volker and Tim! The rubberseal for the F4 was manufactured exclusively for this model-Orig-part long obsolete..
You are correct it is a rather 'special' profile which to my knowledge No-one else does. (at least the specia-list(!)firms I have asked..
I ended up making use of what was left and build it up again by use of Sikaflex (liquid rubber from 300gr.cartridge) it took some layers but is now completely water-tight and closes much better than the orig one ever did.
Another poss.would be to go for the closed-cell usually grey they use between doorframe or window-frame and wall when installing new ones in houses.These do not soak water as the sponge-rubbers do They are hollow inside so you will not have problems closing door and they seem to last a very long time..
Glue on using contact-glue without Tuolen as this stuff EATS the lists.. -R.