door trim piece under chrome window channel

[socorob]

i have a series 2 1963, thats missing the plastic piece thats sort of L shaped under the passenger side chrome window track. Its at the top of the door all the way in the front. Can anyone tell me what its called and where i might be able to find this? thanks

 

[Gary T]

S-II Plastic Piece Top Front of Door

I have seen these called "hockey sticks" and there was a company making reproductions at about $ 80 a pair. Sorry I do not know if they are still being made, but there may be some used ones out there.

Thanks.

 

[alpine_64]

Gary is correct, these were remanufactured by ideal-solutions a few years back, not sure if they are still making them try www.ideal-solutions-inc.com the originals are bakerlite and often cracked or the mounting pics are brocken, you could make some out of wood or fibreglass.. or possibly cut the matching casting part off a SI alpine which had them as part of the window post guide, just some ideas

 

[puff4]

Ideal's website is long gone, but the wayback machine still has a copy which shows photos, details and pricing for the product:

http://web.archive.org/web/20041207130532/ideal-solutions-inc.com/sunbeam.html

...as well as the last known contacts:

http://web.archive.org/web/20041207050519/ideal-solutions-inc.com/company.html

... and the original owner, Jerry Hill, still has an active website business, albeit no Sunbeam content:

http://www.steadimoves.com/

Maybe he still has some old stock?

ALPINE DOOR MOLDING for Series II

This part has not been available, until now. Have you ever tried to get the moldings off without breaking them? Better than the originals and made with much harder material. For those of you that are going for that custom look, we have chrome moldings that compliment the window stanchions. Everything you need to install both sides comes in the kit.

Two Styles of kits to choose from.
#SDMB- Black (factory)........$64.95
#SDMC-Chromed.................$74.95

 

[socorob]

Those are exactly it. Thanks ill see if i can get in touch and hope he has some left

 

[Alpine Addict]

Kip Motors in Dallas did re produce some of these.