Shaved Drip Rails..

[DLinson]

Vintage Glass will add a 1 inch boarder of ceramic coating to the inside of the glass so the urethane adhesive will stick to the glass. They will also add a small rubber edge molding similar to that on an S-10 window. This will cover up the gap between the window and the body.

I am using the factory size glass. I added material to the entire opening to close it up so there is a 1/4" gap between the body and the glass. I also created a shelf for the glass to sit on. I made it about 1/8 inch deaper than the thickness of the glass to allow for the urethane adhesive.

I'll have to try again on the pics. If I figure it out, I'll post them here again.

DLinson folder in Pro-touring FTP site



This link will get you my folder on the FTP site with the latest body pics. If you copy the links for the images in the posting above and past them to the adress bar it will take you to those photos on in the folder. I don't know why they don't work.

[IMG]ftp://anon:[email protected]/2004-08-09/dlinson/primer-driprail-3.jpg[/IMG]

Later,
Dennis

[PeteRR]

Vintage Glass will add a 1 inch boarder of ceramic coating to the inside of the glass so the urethane adhesive will stick to the glass. They will also add a small rubber edge molding similar to that on an S-10 window. This will cover up the gap between the window and the body.

I am using the factory size glass. I added material to the entire opening to close it up so there is a 1/4" gap between the body and the glass. I also created a shelf for the glass to sit on. I made it about 1/8 inch deaper than the thickness of the glass to allow for the urethane adhesive.

I'll have to try again on the pics. If I figure it out, I'll post them here again.

Later,
Dennis

When I redo the car I'd like to flush mount the front and back glass, so pics of the shelf you made would be useful. Also technique would cool.

thanks,

[DLinson]

http://www.et-motorsports.cc/project_cars/nova_62_menace/Construction/Body_work/index.htm

Click on the link above. It is the web page for the body work on my car. I haven't been able to update it in a long time. It has pictures of the flush mount windows and the various pieces of metal fabricated to build up the shelf and fill in the gaps.

I don't have a metal stretcher/shrinker but if I plan on doing this again, I will definitely get one. It would have made life a lot simpler and cut down on the welding and grinding.

I was planning on writing up a tech article on how I did it, I just haven't had much time. For some reason I'd rather spend time block sanding a car.

If you have more questions let me know.

Dennis

[PeteRR]

Thanks for that. You're link is backward. The display name is the link and the link is the display name.

[DLinson]

Link to my body work page

I'll try this link thing again and also some pics.

[parsonsj]

Awesome work as usual, Dennis! Thanks for the pics.

Work begins Saturday on drip rails. I may just keep going and do the flush mount too. Brian Schein found some nice window finish molding for the flush mount. Maybe he'll post it soon.

jp