Hup

[Phil Waterman]

Hi John

Not surprised to see the use of rubber on your '42, that was one of the reasons that I pointed out that my HUP is '45. Did your HUP also have rubber mud flaps on the fender, my '42 C60S has rubber mud flaps on the front fender while my HUP has canvas on front and rear. I think the change from rubber to canvas was made as stocks of existing rubber materials were exhausted. This may also mean that the rubber weather stripping you are looking for was used on some GM product in the '30s.

You might be able to use the sheet rubber that is used for rubber membrane roof. I have used it to replace various sheet rubber type seals used between body parts on my C60. Check with a commercial roof out fit, take a picture of your truck with you they'll probably give you as much scrap as you need. I even got a 8x12 sheet I used on the radio box of my C60 for free.

The rubber tube wrapped in canvas was replaced on my window frames by a jute type roll wrapped in canvas.

Cheers