Mystery weatherstripping

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Claydart

Claydart

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Hi everyone, I was cleaning up my engine bay the other day and I noticed that I was missing 2 pieces of weatherstripping that goes against the hood on the top of my headlight bezels. This is a 1964 and 63 only piece, I believe. I am not sure what the official name of the piece is. I was able to duplicate them using TPU with my 3D printer, but now I need a few of the tiny little nylon push in retainers that hold them in place. Does anybody know what these weatherstripping pieces are called and where I could find them, or the little retainers? I will attach some pictures for reference.

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I'd just go to O'Reilly, NAPA, wherever; and get some appropriately sized nylon push pins.
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I think that I might have found some. At a autobody shop supply store online. $15 for 100, but I am curious as to what they are called and what the weatherstripping pieces are called and if they are available anywhere. The ones that I made work fine but they don't look like the originals.
 
The ones that I duplicated are slightly different, in that they are about a half inch longer than the original ones to better fit the space that the occupy.
Maybe if I sand down the round part, they might look more like the original ones.
 
Don't hold me to it, but I think when I worked in the Point of Purchase industry we called them Canoe Clips.
 
Claydart said:
The ones that I duplicated are slightly different, in that they are about a half inch longer than the original ones to better fit the space that the occupy.
Maybe if I sand down the round part, they might look more like the original ones.
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After sixty years, weatherstripping shrinks down (and cracks, becomes brittle), so you are probably closer to original size than you realize.
Without a pic of where they go, I'll take a wild stab at it and say they're called radiator yoke seals.
 
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The headlight bezels are white, and you can see the weatherstripping between the bezel and hood.
 
You might give James at Detroit Muscle Technologies a call. He always returns my call if I leave a message. Last time I heard he still had a "day" job.
 
If James doesn't have them, he may know someone who does. The first time I called him, he asked all about my car. Very personable guy.
 
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