Motor vehicle body with concealed drip rail

Claim 1

In a motor car body having a roof plate, internal and external side wall plates defining a side wall of the body fixed to the roof plate, a door pivotally mounted to the side wall, a window mounted in the side wall adjacent the door, and a concealed drip moulding assembly of the type wherein a first portion of the roof plate adjacent the door is folded to define with portions of said side wall a rain channel extending forwardly and rearwardly along the body and covered by an edge portion of the door, the improvement comprising the provision of a reinforcing plate carried on said side wall portion to define with said roof plate portion said rain channel and wherein second portions of the roof plate extending axially beyond said door and over said window are folded essentially identically with said first portions and said reinforcing plate is extended coextensively therewith to define an extended rain channel in axial registration with said window and wherein a cover is mounted over said extended channel between said roof plate and said side wall to mask said extended rain channel.