Hudson 63 1936, Mechanical Procedure Manual

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SECTION 21
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MECHANICAL PROCEDURE MANUAL
The bows and masonite strips should not carry the weight
of the top panel as their sole purpose is to act as dampeners.
Should the top deck tend to drum or vibrate it will increase
the pressure on the blue wadding and this pressure will
dampen the vibration. If continuous pressure is exerted by the
top bows against the top panel the entire assembly may
vibrate and cause drumming under certain road conditions
and at definite speeds.
Trim Panels and Headlining
Trim panels on doors and around all door openings are
attached by retainers with screws. Figure 2103 shows a door
trim panel ready to be put in place. The lugs enter the slots in
the door panel and are secured by screws which enter the
holes in the edge of the door.
This same method of fastening is used for trim panels and
windlace as well as the headlining over and to the front and
rear of door openings.
Trim panels are held around window openings either by
the garnish moulding or by tacking to the wooden window
frame members. In both cases it is necessary to remove the
garnish mouldings before the trim panels can be removed.
Quarter Window Drain Troughs
The sedan quarter window drain trough as shown in Figure
2104, is a metal stamping bolted to the window frame. This
trough should be kept near the outside panel so that any water
dripping from the inner edge will be caught by the trough.
Water from the trough is carried by a rubber hose attached
at the front end and leading down between the wheelhouse
and the rear door pillar.
The Brougham quarter window drain trough is rubberized
fabric. The outer edge is held in place under the window
opening flange of the body panel by a wire sewed into the
fabric and drawn around the front and rear of the window
inside frame as shown in Figure 2105.
Figure 2105—Brougham Rear Quarter Drain Trough
The fabric is shown here before the inner edge is put
in place. This should be tacked along the window inside
frame and the regulator handle put through the hole in
the fabric. The rear of the trough should be closed by
folding and tacking to the rear member of the window
inside frame.
The bottom of the trough should slope to the front and
the front edge placed between the outside body panel
and the door rear pillar.
Window Regulators
The regulators are all of the conventional geared type
except the disappearing type wing regulator. This regu-
lator, Figure 2106, is controlled by a lever
Figure 2106—Disappearing Type Wing