Side Windows Are In!
Today Dad and I continued to focus on getting the side windows in. Last weekend we had completed getting the door windows in, along with the lock mechanisms. We also took the rear quarter windows apart and cleaned up all of the components. Today, we put the quarter windows together again using the new rubbers.
Dad fixed up the frames as they had come apart due to some rust. He made a new bracket and riveted the stainless steel frame to it. He also coated the new bracket with some SW2 to seal them. The new rubbers were a little tricky to get onto the glass, but we got there. The next tricky part was getting the glass and rubber into the steel frame and seated properly. With a little gentle persuasion (thanks to the rubber mallet), the frames we screwed together. We then glued the outer rubbers on and once dried, tried to mount the windows onto the car.
Try as we might though, we just could not get the windows to sit properly on the car. The new rubbers just would not compress enough for us to be able to screw them in place. They were so far out, that when we closed the doors, the window frames on the doors would just hit the quarter window frames. We ended up taking a slice of the outer rubber off and they then fit in quite snugly. The rubber was still squeezing up on the body sealing nicely and the alignment of the window was spot on.
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- Front view of the side windows in
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- Side view of the windows in