The carpet behind my seat is soaking wet on both sides after about 20 hours of steady rain. I can't find where it's coming from. The car was sitting during the rain, and the floor pans are newly repaired so I know it's not coming from there.

The panel below the rear window is new and there are no leaks there. Tried checking with a water hose and can't find anything.

The front carpet is dry as a bone.

Any ideas on where it could be coming in?

Could it be from the panel between the interior and the bed? Would a bad seal in the storage box or jack storage compartment cause this?

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If you pull the plastic side panels behind the seat off and pull the carpet up, you should be able to see where it's coming in. Run a garden hose on the back of the cab if it isn't raining. My El Camino leaked at the seam where the rear panel met the interior floor, where the side panels met the floor, and around the plastic stowage compartment box. I scraped off the old seam sealer as much as I could and applied new sealer. It's dry back there now, but I recently noticed water leaking at the top of the front windshield. Haven't tried to fix that yet.

Had same problem w/my '65 except 30 mnutes worth would do it. It was leaks at the pinch seams behind the drivers side seat. Its been so long ago and i don't have the car here, but I think I had to pull the bed cover and seal the seams from outside with strip caulk. Interior water leaks are a real nuisance and aggravation!

My $0.02

Thanks for the help guys! We found it!
I think it's the seam where the panel meets the floor as well as around the plastic box.

It looks like pulling the front bed panel will give me access to repair it properly.

Looks like I have a little bit more work than I thought.

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[This message has been edited by cjlandry (edited 03-02-2002).]

Oh no, Chad!! You didn't get that new carpet wet, did you? Man!! Now it's gonna smell like dead mudbugs... http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif

Glad you found the leak.

That's OK as long as those crawfish (mudbugs) were boiled to death. http://www.chevelles.com/forum/biggrin.gif



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Chad Landry
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'68 El Camino

guarntee its that damn plastic box. Mine did the same thing when it rained.

SS396boy; the plastic box should never be exposed to the elements. The rear compartment should be sealed from the everything.
CJ check those vertical pinch welds carefully thats where mine came from

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Sealing the panels at the front of the bed worked for me. I do not even have the plastic box anymore, so that may not be a big factor.

You might have a slow leak in your bed, as i did, which takes on water after a little rain. When I would stop, the water would leak into the cabin.

pmullay- it should be sealed, but it might not be. At least that's what happened in my situation.