[FC] Windshield woes

[Paul Steinberg]

The reproduction glass that is made in Peru by AGP (Auto Glass Peru), is
sold by Pilkington Classic, a division of Pilkington Glass.  This glass is
made on the original LOF dies.  Pilkington is the successor to the former
LOF.  I have used the APG glass in both my 1964 Spyder, and my 1964 FC,
without any problems, using the original factory gaskets.  I believe that
most of the problems arise with the use of reproduction gaskets.
Personally, I haven't found a reproduction gasket that has worked well in
any Corvair application.  The rear glass in my 1964 Spyder leaked with the
factory gasket, and the reproduction isn't any better.  That glass had a
fitment problem from day one right from the factory.  Today, the only
solution to this problem is to use the reproduction gasket, and then pump
urethane between the body and the gasket, and the rear glass and the gasket,
and hope for the best.  If you ever need to remove the glass, then it will
need to be cut out of the body opening by destroying the gasket.  GM
recognized this problem early on, and filled the voids by pumping a white
caulking material between the gasket and the body in an attempt to resolve
the issue.  This works until the caulking material dries out and cracks.
Paul in CT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Western Canada CORSA" <westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca>
To: "'TiM M'" <mr_tim34 at yahoo.com>; <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Windshield woes


>I seem to recall hearing at some point that the repro Made in Brazil glass
> for the FCs was not a perfect copy of the original FC glass.
>
> Regards,
> Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of TiM M
> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 3:26 PM
> To: corvanatics at corvair.org
> Subject: [FC] Windshield woes
>
>
>
> My rampside is all shiney and new looking at the body shop, without a
> winshield :-(   According to my body gut the glass guy came over to
> install
> it but found the repro gasket that I bought from Claks to be the wrong
> size.
> He said it didn't hold the windshield in tight enough? Has anybody
> experienced something like this? I'm going to call Clarks on Monday and
> see
> what they think about it. Is there any other source for the gasket? So
> close
> to being back on the road. I miss my truck, it's my daily driver...
>
> TiM
>
>
>
>
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