Body / Glass: 1964 Daytona Trim

[steve.maclean2009]

Hi everyone,

I am going to be putting the side mouldings on my 64 Daytona soon. I'm trying to figure the sides the mouldings go on. My dad had a stack of them all together from various parts cars. I can't seem to tell the difference in any of them. E..g drivers side door compared to passenger side door.

Unless I have a stack of 3 identicle ones but i doubt that.

Does anyone know how to tell the difference between sides?

[mbstude]

All of the side trim on a ‘64 Daytona is arched, none of it is straight. Look down the length of the trim pieces and you should be able to figure out which ones are for each side.

[steve.maclean2009]

Great thanks. I'll try that

[steve.maclean2009]

Do you mean arched where the middle is higher than the ends?

[StudeRich]

See Post Number 5.

[StudeRich]

I believe Matt means Curved Inward.
4 door Daytona Rear Doors are the only place Straight Mouldings were used and reversible.

The way to check is, look them up in the Studebaker Body Parts Catalog, a common L to R Part has a Qty. (2) and Right Hand Parts end in a Even Number, Left end in Odd numbers.

It matters whether you have a Daytona 2 Door Hardtop/Convertible, 4 Door Sedan, or Wagonaire.

[steve.maclean2009]

If curved inward wouldn't that make them swappable from left to right as profile would be the same on either side?

[62champ]

2 door hardtop

[steve.maclean2009]

I looked up the part number and the rear door mouldings aren't interchangeable unless I miss read it. 1360922 is right rear door and 1360923 is left rear door. Ser attached pic of parts manual.

What I'm doing is putting the used moidings down on a long flat surface and seeing if I can see the arch at the bottom if the middle is raised and the two ends are touching. It's a very subtle arch but who knows If what I'm doing to determine is right. Haha

[mbstude]

Do you mean arched where the middle is higher than the ends?

Correct. Compare the trim to the photoshopped horizontal white line.

[mbstude]

Do you mean arched where the middle is higher than the ends?

Compare the trim to the photoshopped horizontal white line.

[steve.maclean2009]

Perfect! That helps a lot. Thanks Matt.

[jackb]

FWIW.... every 64' ragtop that I have seen has bad driver's door mouldings. Not any other model. Look at the light blue pic above. That door mldg is looking upside down or they ran out of 2 dr. driver's pieces. Someone please show me a 64' ragtop driver's door with the correctly curved moulding.

[Warren Webb]

Moldings have a small slot that is for inserting the retainer clips. Those slots are always on the bottom.

[steve.maclean2009]

Moldings have a small slot that is for inserting the retainer clips. Those slots are always on the bottom.

Thanks. I will check that out.