Removing glass from '35-'36 windshield frame

[oldbugger]

John, Looks good, hope you were able to save the original screws, it is hard to find good replacments. good luck

[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by chuck stevens

While shopping for glass, maybe you should take that door glass along. You're car will like new, and on the tours you'll see so much more. Great job John, Chuck S.

Chuck, I would have rather been down in Dawsonville shopping for moonshine but staying home and getting things done here took priority. That door glass is next and the rear window after that . Need to get 'Olivia' in tip top condition for a big tour next June.

[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by oldbugger

John, Looks good, hope you were able to save the original screws, it is hard to find good replacments. good luck

The original screws are all in good condition. The PB Blaster saturation and the impact driver did a good job of getting them out. Now comes the fun of installing new glass and getting everything back together.

[jerry grayson]

John, you are very lucky or very good, I have never been able to take a frame apart and save the screws!!

[TonyM]

Originally Posted by jerry grayson

John, you are very lucky or very good, I have never been able to take a frame apart and save the screws!!

I must be lucky because I am not as good as JM35; I was able to remove all nine windshield frame screws with very little problem from my 1937 Ford DeLuxe windshield frame. Every screw is still usable--Not one destroyed.


QUOTE = JM35: "Now comes the fun of installing new glass and getting everything back together."

Yes, I hope putting it all together goes as well as getting it apart.


TM

[JM 35 Sedan]

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Way to go Tony. I suspect your 37 was well kept over the years like my 35 fordor sedan. The windshield frame on mine is in very good condition. The only rust on the entire frame was a little surface rust down in the glass channel of the lower half of the frame. All screws removed are in perfect condition. That frame is still waiting to go back together once I get the correct glass setting tape thickness.

[TagMan]

You guys are giving me the courage to try and take the glass out of my windshield on the '36. I've been dreading to do it and have been putting it off, but maybe I'll give it a go this week.

[flat-v8]

Good job! You took your time and it turned out great congrats! I had to drill out and put helicoils in the 2 holes for the regulator arm, that was not fun.

[Talkwrench]

Wish this thread was out a month ago when I did mine..christ what a job! and was as hot as hell over here too, couldn't see most of the time for sweat in my eyes !
I just went at it with a block of wood, rubber hammer and blade , glass came loose but seperating the two halfs of the frame was the hardest ..aaarghh!! My new glass came from Bobs auto glass. Put it back together with the setting tape but just didnt quite get there so had to do the ol' black silicone around the edges too.. Came up ok.

[TonyM]

Finally got my windshield together. It took three tries before I got it right. Lucky for me I did not break anything. Thanks Chris Blattie for the great advice; a tremendous help. I had to go with 3/64ths tape. Pie cut around the bends. Worked out great.

[JM 35 Sedan]

I was going back to check some info in a previous post and found this old post where I was seeking info on replacing windshield/windscreen glass in in my 35 fordor sedan. Thought I would bring this back to the top incase someone is considering doing this soon on their own car.
One thing I never came back and mentioned on this thread was the fact that I successfully replaced this glass prior to leaving on a cross-country trip, on or around the first of June, 2013, and after traveling about 200 miles from my home in Maryland, heading towards Western Pa on the Lincoln Highway, a truck kicked a stone up which hit my windshield on the driver's side and put a bullseye in the new glass. Talk about being upset!! But 8 years later that bullseye is still in the glass, and it never progressed into a cracking condition. So I'll let the next owner decide if they want to replace this glass

[JayChicago]

Modern glass shops have a clear epoxy or something they use on bulls eyes. If done right, supposed to be near impossible to see the flaw. But this is just what I have heard; no personal experience with this.

[TJ]

Originally Posted by JayChicago

Modern glass shops have a clear epoxy or something they use on bulls eyes. If done right, supposed to be near impossible to see the flaw. But this is just what I have heard; no personal experience with this.

It depends on the size of the bullseye if they can or will fix it.