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Posted by: ctc911ctc Aug 15 2021, 07:13 PM

'74, 2.0

All,

I am at the end of the restoration - adjusted the clutch cable yesterday and the nut on the 180-wheel was missing! Yikes - put a new nut with a wavy lock washer WITH some lock tight.........does anyone else think it is weird to have that wheel out in the wild without a cover?

HOWEVER, that is not my problem today.

I put the new trim on the windshield and on the passenger lower corner the three clips (two on the bottom and one on the vertical will not click in. Not sure what to do. If I press really hard it seems that one of them starts to seat and then the clip does not hold.

So I am at the cross roads, remove the winshield and new clips OR get out the Two-Part and piss someone off in the future...........

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Posted by: Mikey914 Aug 16 2021, 10:47 AM

Where you are at, I'd use a little urethane in the corners to hold it down. You can take it apart and re do it any time. Now is the time to drive the car. It's almost the same amount of work either way. Why not do it in the winter?

Posted by: ctc911ctc Sep 6 2021, 07:34 PM

OK,

I played with this for a few hours. My take is that these clips are work fine if the windshield is a preset distance from the seat of the windshield ledge.

Nearly the entire car is original but it seems that the windshield has been replaced (no V-dub marks) and the lower right seems to have too much distance for the trim to catch the clips.

Any advice as to the amount of goop the windshield guy should use? How do we get this right? Is Bertyl (sp) tape still made?

Thank you,
CTC911CTC

Posted by: 930cabman Sep 7 2021, 07:09 AM

Recently I changed out the original windshield on our '75 model. I have been in the glass business (custom windows and restoration for many years), but decided to give the job to a local old school auto glass guy. In a couple hours and less than $400. the job was done. Perfect.

Posted by: zig-n-zag Sep 7 2021, 03:19 PM

Try pre-assembling all the windshield trim before snapping it in place.