Fid,
Thank you so much for the pictures and information, they're really helpful.
My car did sit out in the rain a couple of times and of course with no weather strip at all water did come right in.
I have been trying to remember back to 1954 when my first car was a J, and I can't remember if it leaked or not, but then at 16 years old it probably didn't matter to me, my Dad started with a '47 Kaiser, then a '49 Frazer, a '51 Kaiser,a 53 kaiser and lastly a '54. The last two he picked up at Willow Run.
In his latter years he picked up a '52 J Vagabond, '53 Traveler, a '53 Dragon, a '53 Manhatton and a '54. Many years ago he received a 4th place in the National in Hershey, Pa. with his '54.
The cars all sat in a barn with a dirt floor for about 35 years and pretty well rusted into the ground. We sold them all nad the J was turned into a Gasser, the '53 and '54 are both being restored to the best of my knowledge. From all of this I was able to find the J I am going through now, and it sure brings back a lot of warm memories.
Thanks again.
Don Holt