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I never could figure out what and why that strip or piece of paper/wood was used for next to the door on a tr3. I first thought it was a nailing strip, but why a nailer--- most all the other vinyl is screwed to the sheet metal with cup washers? Was it to make a finish weld on the B side?Plus that little piece of stuff is basically floating in this odd shaped channel, so it is not structural. Then I thought the stuff is “oakum,” and when oakum gets wet it swells up and seals. I remember my dad showing me that when I was a kid with pluming, now putting that striped piece of cardboard in that little channel makes senses; it is an oakum door seal, Genius.
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TR2/3/3A wood next to the door on a tr3
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I think it is intended to hold the fuzzy weather strip in place. The Dog Leg panel screws on in about 3 places down the "B" post.
If you have a trim kit and the dog leg piece comes with a bit of vinyl stapled to the back that is to fill in the gap between the bottom of the dog leg piece and the carpet.
David
If you have a trim kit and the dog leg piece comes with a bit of vinyl stapled to the back that is to fill in the gap between the bottom of the dog leg piece and the carpet.
David
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Having removed several of those pieces, I can say that the purpose is for a tacking strip. I have no idea why they used the stuff that looks like twisted craft paper as a tacking strip. But I have pulled the tacks out and have seen no other function. In the past I have replaced it with wood strips. I will say that the wood is not flexible like the paper getting it into that slot.
