Sealing structure for automotive vehicle side doors

In an automotive vehicle having a front door, a rear door the front vertical edge of which opposes to the rear vertical edge of said front door, upper and lower vehicle body side members extending along the upper and lower edges respectively of a door opening to be covered by said front and rear doors, and a roof panel having edge associated with said upper vehicle body side member for defining a drip-channel,

• a sealing structure comprising:
• first and second seals mounted on said upper vehicle body side member, each adapted to sealingly contact the upper edges of said front and rear doors when the latter are in their closed positions;
• a third seal mounted on the rear vertical edge of said front door and adapted to sealingly contact the front vertical edge of said rear door;
• a fourth seal mounted on the front vertical edge of said rear door and adapted to sealingly contact said third seal along a locus of points of said third seal different from the locus of points along which the front vertical edge of said rear door contacts said third seal;
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• said third and fourth seals have top sections positioned beneath said drip-channel and adapted to receive any water passing between said first seal and said upper edges of the front and rear doors, and said third and fourth seals define drain passages for draining the water from said top sections.