57 chevy glass installation

Here below, the glass is set in without the rubber to see what the relationship of the glass to the pinch moulding revealed. The upper pinch weld was all out of whack! What was I supposed to do! I have to get this windshield in! I have to! It broke! I broke the windshield! I was distressed and a little upset at myself!

Great therapy indeed! Now what? I bought another windshield of course ; Luckily they had one more in stock! Here they are assessing the situation after the first installation failure! Ok, he had my attention! Basically, use one of my windshield rubbers, cut it in half, one half for the outside of the truck, and the other half for the inside of the truck. They would lay a bead of whatever they use to seal the glass to the windshield opening, then seal it to the truck!

Below they were doing just that! I wanted the windshield installation done before proceeding on anything else! Maybe years from now, someone else will own this truck, and take it all apart and fix it their way! Nice to see that it worked out. I broke the windshield on my 50 Ford F1 removing it trying to go too fast. Live and learn. Saw you were having trouble with posts so I thought I would give it a shot.

Hi Dave! THank you so much for posting! Find the studs under the dash board from the inside and install the supplied pal nut and tighten.

You may even wait until this point to install the lower center clip making the installation even easier. Image Next install the center lower stainless connector PIN by snapping it over the top edge of the molding first and then over the lower edge.

Image The rear glass moldings are held to the body with clips PIN These clips fit over the rear glass pinch weld at designated places around the opening. You will note places where the pinch weld is only one thickness of sheet metal, making the clips easy to hammer into place. Image Install the rear glass gasket PIN so that the rubber flap is to the inside of the glass.

This gasket has molded corners that will match up to the upper corners of the glass. Image Glass sealer PIN or caulking PIN will need to be used on the pinch weld to seal the rear glass gasket to the body. Image Like the windshield, lubricate the groove of the gasket and install the 16 gauge wire with the wire crisscrossing at the bottom of the glass.

Image Place th e glass and gasket into the body opening so that the lower groove of the gasket is over the lip of the pinch weld with the two ends of the 16 gauge wire centered over the package tray area. Image Be certain the rear glass is centered in the body opening. With a helper applying pressure from the outside of the glass, pull the wire just as you did with the windshield.

Image The rear glass stainless moldings have a rib on the back of the molding that snaps between the body and the molding clips. Make sure the molding rib snaps between the body and clip and not the clip and glass. Install the up pe r molding first, making sure the molding is cente red in the body opening.

Image The two lower moldings connect together in the center with coupler PIN Slip this coupler on one lower molding or the other prior to installing the lower stainless. Center this clip up so that there is no gap showing between the two moldings.

Have a C. Cut out an small "X" for the handle splines. Gotta pull the panel now I guess. Which way does the plastic washer face? Faces to the door. Thanks for all the help. This thread is dead. The BelAir sedan stainless moldings at the base of the side windows does fit tight on the ends and can scrape the paint when trying to install them. I will hang a piece of 4 mil plastic sheeting over the paint in those spots to protect the paint, slip on the molding, and pull out the plastic.

You have to still be careful, since the stainless can cut thru the plastic while doing it or be difficult to pull out without tearing apart and leaving pieces, due to the tightness. A plastic Bondo spreader can be slipped between the molding and the body to help get out the plastic sheet, if needed. But, it can work well I just did a 57 Bel Air sedan and didn't make a scratch on it.

Boogered mine up a bit and will have to touch up.