Windshield installation 1966-70 B body

[Coelacanth]

dadsbee, your windshield install looks great. One thing I noticed with my windshield replacement, done by my body man, the stainless trim at the bottom driver side corner isn't pressed down flush, I can see a space through there. All new trim clips were provided for the install. What could one do to prevent water getting in that corner? I can update later with a close-up pic.

 

[Kern Dog]

We were careful to protect the paint. The car has a vinyl top so the A pillars and roof were already protected.

We bought tape at an auto body and paint supply store.

That tape sure is more expensive than the blue rolls you get at Home Depot.

Here is another thing….
We all are aging and with that, our eyes don’t always work as well as they did before. We started with the car in the shop with the sunlight behind us. I was having trouble focusing on the gasket because the sun in the background made me want to squint.
We turned the car around to face the sun and that really helped us see….we still couldn’t get it done but at least we could see better.

 

[Kern Dog]

dadsbee, your windshield install looks great. One thing I noticed with my windshield replacement, done by my body man, the stainless trim at the bottom driver side corner isn't pressed down flush, I can see a space through there. All new trim clips were provided for the install. What could one do to prevent water getting in that corner? I can update later with a close-up pic.

The outer edges of that bottom piece of stainless trim are supposed to have thin retention straps that attach to the body inside the door jamb.
I didn’t know about these until a few days ago when Rich mentioned it. My red car does not have them but Jigsaw does. I’ll snap a couple pictures when I’m back home.

 

[Kern Dog]

Here we go.
I call this car “Jigsaw” since it was parted out then put back together with parts from
Numerous sources.

The edges lay down tight.

Door open…

Look close.

My red car (Ginger) probably had them but they must have been lost when I pulled the trim to paint the car 20+ years ago. Those little retention brackets could probably be made by hand with a little work but it would help to have one good one to look at to make others.
Cheers.

 

[Coelacanth]

Interesting, thanks. I'll take a close look when I get home. I never actually paid attention to that.

 

[Kern Dog]

Me neither. When Rich mentioned it, I didn’t even remember that they were there. The corners on the red car lay down nicely. If they had bent up, I would have probably researched this long ago.

 

[Outlawd]

The outer edges of that bottom piece of stainless trim are supposed to have thin retention straps that attach to the body inside the door jamb.

Just when I thought I knew everything about mopars you throw this out there....just proves no matter what age you are, you never stop learning!