<VV> RE: EM windshield gasket

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 Lonny.Clark at metro1.com writes:
I have worn out my fingers trying to get the trim in far enough,
and it just won't go. I like to think that I'm a fairly intelligent man,
but I just can't seem to make this work.

Lonny,
Forget it, you'll never be able to get it to fit.  The best solution is to 
install the windshield without the trim.  Cut the L off the bottom of the flange 
that inserts into the slot in the seal and install the trim into the slot 
after the windshield is installed in the car and retain the trim with clear 
silicone sealer.  A professional windshield installer told me this after it was too 
late and we had the windshield already installed.  To remove the windshield 
now is too risky for breaking the windshield.  He told me that this is not 
exclusive to the Corvair but to many of the Classic cars out there that use this 
type of windshield gasket but the company is nor about to change their molds to 
fix it.  Too expensive when the trim can be modified and glued in so easily.

Ed Corson (CORSA member)
Inland Empire Corvair Club