GT Hawk Crowl Seal Nails?

[Lou Van Anne]

Each end appears to be held in place by a nail (I haven't smoke anything funny today)....I don't understand?....are they nails?....what are "nailed" into?....are they necessary?

[StudeRich]

The Cowl Seals are held by "Screw Nails" 1048X4 (2 Per) at: http://studebakervendors.com

[Lou Van Anne]

Mine are still there....I assume they are reusable?

The Cowl Seals are held by "Screw Nails" 1048X4 (2 Per) at: http://studebakervendors.com

[StudeRich]

You will know when you get them out.

[jetboat]

I didn't take mine out, I glued the center then stretched the seal slightly then put a small slit in the bottom of the seal and put it on the nail screw.

[Lou Van Anne]

Great info....but what makes a nail screw a nail screw?.....and what is the purpose?....never seen one!...."Inquiring minds want to know"

I didn't take mine out, I glued the center then stretched the seal slightly then put a small slit in the bottom of the seal and put it on the nail screw.

[fpstude]

Lou, here is a photo of screw nails

[Studebakercenteroforegon]

Also called a drive nail.

[tsenecal]

They must have been a fast way to secure the rubber seal, as the car came down the assembly line. No measuring, or drilling, just bang them in. I've thought a bit about the guys working on the assembly line, as I put my own car back together. Some of the tasks seem rather tough, and time consuming, and they did it in an allotted amount of time, many times a day. Even when they got good at it, it must have been tiresome work.

[christophe]

They must have been a fast way to secure the rubber seal, as the car came down the assembly line. No measuring, or drilling, just bang them in. I've thought a bit about the guys working on the assembly line, as I put my own car back together. Some of the tasks seem rather tough, and time consuming, and they did it in an allotted amount of time, many times a day. Even when they got good at it, it must have been tiresome work.

After putting back the body air vent parts under the front fenders on my car, I felt really sorry for the poor guys that did that on the assembly line. I suppose they had some ways to tackle this faster than me but I couldn't think of an easy way to do this.

[jclary]

They must have been a fast way to secure the rubber seal, as the car came down the assembly line. No measuring, or drilling, just bang them in. I've thought a bit about the guys working on the assembly line, as I put my own car back together. Some of the tasks seem rather tough, and time consuming, and they did it in an allotted amount of time, many times a day. Even when they got good at it, it must have been tiresome work.

I spent years selling tooling and supplies to various manufacturing facilities including automotive assembly. I would be surprised if there was some poor soul on the assembly line manually hammering these little nails into place with a simple hammer. By the mid-1920's pneumatic and electric tooling was rapidly finding their way into assembly processes. The old "time is money" philosophy had really taken hold and the assembly line process demanded innovation. When the demands of WWII found women building airplanes, and other war goods, a need for tools requiring less muscle to do the job became even more challenging. Thus, power tools provided the answer by giving the workers advantages never imagined by the skilled carriage builders that gave birth to early automobile coachbuilders.

I suspect that even if there was not an automatic feeding nail gun in use, there was probably at least a pneumatic palm nailer being used.

[8E45E]

I suspect that even if there was not an automatic feeding nail gun in use, there was probably at least a pneumatic palm nailer being used.

Mike Lenyo has been posting a ton of vintage factory photos on the Studebaker Addicts page on Facebook. It would be nice to see if he can locate a photo showing some interior installations such as this, and post it here.

Craig

[jclary]

Mike Lenyo has been posting a ton of vintage factory photos on the Studebaker Addicts page on Facebook. It would be nice to see if he can locate a photo showing some interior installations such as this, and post it here.

Craig

Thanks, Craig...I too would love to see this operation. In addition, I would also like to see that powerful sheet metal stapler that attached the rubber radiator surround piece.

[Georger]

Mike Lenyo has been posting a ton of vintage factory photos on the Studebaker Addicts page on Facebook. It would be nice to see if he can locate a photo showing some interior installations such as this, and post it here.

Craig

Could you post more of a direct link to this, as I am not able to find his pics? Thanks

[studegary]

After putting back the body air vent parts under the front fenders on my car, I felt really sorry for the poor guys that did that on the assembly line. I suppose they had some ways to tackle this faster than me but I couldn't think of an easy way to do this.

If I am thinking of what you are referring to, most of that assembly was done before the fenders were mated up with the chassis/main body.