Inner back window felt?

[Kingspagetti]

I have a 70 coronet 500. I’m trying to refinish the inner back metal panels…surface rust from sun fade. The window felts are stapled to the metal. Should I take them off? How would I refasten them? Any opinions, tips, tricks or hints would be appreciated.

[67440Dodge]

Sorry no one has answered you. If the felts are in good shape I'd just paint over the rusty staples with a satin black paint to cover the rust. I believe the staples should come with the new felts if you buy them (mine did but that was almost 20yrs ago). If not, R/T Specialties in PA should have them, or any of the other Mopar vendors like Herb's in Delaware or Van's in Wisconsin I believe.

[Kingspagetti]

Thank you for your response. The felts are in really good shape. The rust is on the metal panel. I could take the Felts off and repair and repaint the metal, but I don’t know how I would resecure the them. I even tried to locate some aftermarket pieces to see if they had a new/different way to secure them, but couldn’t find any. I can’t imagine being able to re-staple them through the relatively thick metal.

[67440Dodge]

https://www.dodgecoronet.com/coronet/sho...uot/page22 theman440 just did them on his 67. Take a look and see if what he posted helps, or post a message there asking him how he did it.

wish I could be more help.

[theman440]

You can see how I did it on page 9 of the thread.

[Kingspagetti]

Very helpful. Thank you both.