> I have a 1962 TR3B with its original, now very pitted, windshield. With
its
>restoration nearing and end, I'd like to replace the glass. I haven't
ordered
>the glass yet. Does anyone have any experience and/or sage advice about
>replacing the glass? Should it be done on or off the car? Dare I trust it
to a
>glass company? How many tries before success?
>Any help is welcome!
The glass is fairly easy to replace, but you do have to remove the
windshield from the car to do it. You have to take the bottom frame piece
off by removeing the stanchions, then unscrewing the "braces" that hold it
to the rest of the frame. The glass then "slides" (I use the term loosely)
out. To replace the glass, get some new sealing material to go between the
glass and the frame, and then the replacement is just the "reverse of the
disassembly". Be careful to support the glass and the frame as you wrestle
with it, but as jobs go on these cars, it's not the worst. Be extra
careful when you put the stanchions back on that the screws don't go thru
too far and crack your brand new windshield. The screws, seals and other
small hardware pieces are available from the usual suspects, and I would
recommend that you get all that stuff before you begin.
Tom Walling
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