<VV> installing front and rear glass foe early

[Larry Forman]

At 10:10 AM 5/30/2005 -0400, Dorairaj Isaac wrote:
>I am in the process of installing the front and rear glass for my '62 sedan.
>I have new rubber seals. The car has the metal inserts in the rubber.  Could
>someone please tell me how to put the glass on. First I put the rubber on
>the glass, now do I install the glass in the car and then install the metal
>mouldings that go into the rubber or do I install the metal in the rubber
>and then install the whole assembly, glass, rubber and moulding on to the
>car?
>Any information will be most welcome.
>Thanks.
>
>Dorai

Hi Dorai,
I thought this would be easy and tried it on my Deluxe Greenbrier.  I wound 
up giving up and having a professional install it.  It was less than $100 
for the installation and well worth it.

As to your question, the metal goes into the rubber FIRST.  That is the 
ONLY way it will work.  Then the glass and the whole floppy assembly goes 
in last.  There are instructions in the CORSA Tech Guide and 
Supplement.  HIGHLY recommended.  There is a trick to using some long 
string that goes all around and into the pinch molding rubber part and when 
you have the rubber/metal/glass placed on the front of the vehicle, you 
pull the string out into the car and the rubber flaps inward.  As you pull 
the string out moving from the center bottom to each side, the rubber flap 
opens up and helps hold the glass against the bottom of the pinch 
weld.  Keep pulling and it slowly will come back as it slowly gets more 
rubber around the pinch weld.  You need to press the glass and rubber in 
from the front GENTLY to make sure everything goes in right.  It really 
should be done by two people with at least one well experienced.  Using 
WD-40 helps glide the rubber into the pinch weld.  Then you need to use 
silicone windshield sealer to keep the water out.

After having seen it done once a couple of years ago, I would STILL use a 
mobile glass installer for the labor.  These guys do this many times each 
day and have the tools and experience to be well worth it.

-- Larry