These years often leak around the back window or the lower trim where the
vynal & the paint area come together. My 69 does that when it rains hard. I
was at a gas station one time a couple years ago with the 69 & someone
stopped to talk to me & told me he used to have a 70 & said one of the main
reasons he got rid of it was because of so much water leaking into the
trunk. I've also seen these as well as other years collect a lot of
condesation under the trunk lid & drip down to leave standing water on the
floor of the trunk.
John
Mark McDonald wrote:
> Thanks to all who responded to my speedometer question. Still looking
> for the perfect solution to that.
>
> I have a '71 LeBaron. Over the past year or so I've noticed that the
> trunk leaks when it rains bad. If it's a light rain it doesn't seem to;
> only if it's a heavy rain.
>
> Well, several months back I posted a msg. about this on the IML and
> someone suggested that I get inside the trunk and have a friend run a
> hose on the car to see where it's leaking. Today, finally, I got around
> to doing this. My neighbor, Joe Pesce, was glad to help out. I got in
> the trunk with a flashlight and had him put the hose at different points
> around the trunk & roof.
>
> Nothing. Not a drip. The trunk is dry as a bone.
>
> Okay, I was just kidding about my neighbor being Joe Pesce. But I felt
> a little like a mafia victim lying in the trunk like that! ("Yeah,
> yeah, we got a little piece of his whatchacallit? His hoof stuck in the
> grille.") Fortunately he let me out.
>
> Anyway, I'm baffled. The weatherstrip around the trunk is in pretty
> good shape. It's a little dry but still pliable. I couldn't find any
> area that leaked. I also couldn't find any obvious areas of rust or
> leakage underneath. My neighbor thinks that leaves may have clogged the
> channel around the weatherstrip, causing it to overflow into the trunk,
> but I'm skeptical of that.
>
> But I just know when it starts raining in about an hour my trunk's going
> to leak. Any ideas where I should go from here?
>
> Mark
>
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