New glass

[gasman826]

New front and rear glass installed.

[gasman826]

New rear side glass installed as Business Coupe.  Great fitting hardware from John Gambill.

[gasman826]

more glass

It's so nice to have clear, sparkling glass.  Not like the pitted, cracked stuff that was in it.

[Frankenstein57]

Looks good,  any issues with the installation?

[RICH MUISE]

Man, it's gotta feel good to be finally reassembling. Looking really good. You're deleting all the windshield and backwindow trim? sealant/no sealant in them?

[gasman826]

Surprisingly, no sealer.  The installers want the seals to 'take a set' before any more adjustments or sealer.  I've washed the car with no leaks.  Driving in a storm will be the proof.

Issues...the corners of the rear seal will likely require a little sealer to help them lay flat.  The only other thing was finding a supplier for the spline that eliminated the stainless trim.  I found suppliers on eBay.  The glass company is an old company with experienced (old) installers and suppliers.

The business coupe conversion hardware fit like it was made for it.  No leaks, dust, and dirt.  Less glass and no track or crank mechanisim...shaved off close to 20 pounds and no water going down into the inner quarters.  The windows only rolled down half way...have AC...and who cares about the back seaters anyway.

New stainless hardware and instructions from John Gambill and gaskets from Dennis Carpenter.

[RICH MUISE]

So the windshield and back glass are coming back out after they "set". Funny you mentioned the back seal corner..last night I was looking for some headliner install pics and ran across one that showed that back seal. I was test fitting it and found way too much rubber on the upper inside corners, so trimmed it back a bit.

[gasman826]

No, the glass is not coming out...least I hope not.

That little flap of rubber under your thumb is the part that may require a little sealer to keep it laying down.

[Ford Blue blood]

My back window seal took about six months to lay down.