July 2005
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Catwhiskers.....   are the fuzzy liners that attach to the inner door opening
where the window slides through.  They look like black velour.

 Those are a pain in the neck and I have
never been successful in getting the clips properly fastened to the
catwhiskers.  I devised an alternative that works quite well and when done
right is undetectable.  I use the OLD clips and carefully use a sidecutter
to snip the tiny pointed ends off, then put them back on the door.  I then
use TINY brass wood screws to secure the strip to the slit in the clip.  I
use a nail to punch throught the catwhisker and mesure (and mark with a
sharpie)carefully where the screws will go.  On the inside one on hardtops
and convertibles I just drill tiny holes in the upper trim piece where the
originals were stapled.  I have seen and tried a lot of ways to put these
on and this works best.  The "fur" easily covers the tiny screws but if
you by chance end up with one that shows, a dab of black paint on the
screw head and it vanishes.  This method looks a billion times better than
rivets (one of my pet peeves!) and it holds the catwhiskers securely.
Studebaker George 
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Window channel
... is the flexible ( when installed) steel U-shaped, fuzz lined channel that
the edges of the window ride in, when you raise or lower it.  On  4 door
sedans, this covers the window on 3 sides whe it's up.
A quick fix for worn channel liner is to scrape out the old as much as
possible, swab a bead of contact cement into the channel and use a wooden tool
to press a width of VELCRO ( fuzzy) into it.  Raise the window to hold it in
place while drying.