Due to age my 80's dust sealing, especially at the back, was pretty bad. During one of my earlier trips the load at the back of the wagon was packed with thick layers of dust. Most of this was coming through the bottom end of the tailgate. The 33" tyres kicking up all the fine dust found on outback tracks.
At first I replaced the original factory rubber seals but that did not solve the problem entirely. To get is completely sealed I installed a self adhesive foam strip. This worked a treat. The real test came during my recent outback trip along the Oodnadatta track (in South Australia) where I drove close to 700km on dusty roads. Not a spec of dust came through the backend. Any dust that got through was when we had open widows whilst driving.
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