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Yes, this was factory on these Windsors and the Firesweep
and Firedome Desotos with the same roofs. Really, after decades of
looking at hard glossy metal frames, the soft appearance of the rubber moldings
was probably rather attractive. I've always liked it
myself. The '57 300C however had chromed moldings to give more
flash-bang factor to the upscale model.
And I'm sure a little money was saved in manufacturing
costs per car to not have the labor of installing the metal moldings plus the
cost of the molding stampings and painting them.
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 1:43 AM
Subject: 1957 Chrysler Question...
I saw a '57 Chrysler Windsor today and something struck me as
odd, but I am
not that familiar with them so I am sure it is nothing more
them that...
I noticed that inside the car, the rear window 'molding' was
nothing more
then the gasket for the rear window painted the same color as
the headliner.
Also, the 'molding' on the inside where the roof rail
weatherstrip resides
is also a sort of plastic/rubber item. This was molded
in blue, the color of
the interior. The front pieces of this, up by the wing
window, was chrome,
but the main piece was blue molded rubber all the way
back. Everything else
on the car is original. It is a very well preserved
original so I am
guessing these are correct pieces...but it struck me as odd.
Are these
pieces correct? I saw a '57 Dodge Coronet and it had 'regular'
metal trim
pieces. I was shocked that a Chrysler would resort to painted
rubber.
Any insight would be great....
James
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