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Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? #385743 07/25/09 11:48 AM 07/25/09 11:48 AM
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Anonymous OP Unregistered A	is there a way to remove the front windshield and not destroy and trash the windshield seal or do i have to buy a new one, the one in the car now looks almost brand new. i just want to have everything ready once i pull it out. thanks. 5374686-HEMIREUNION69HEMIRR65DODGECORONET937.JPG (45 downloads) Last edited by SUPERSTOCKRACER; 07/25/09 11:50 AM.

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? #385744 07/25/09 01:03 PM 07/25/09 01:03 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 57 rochester michigan, oakland co... D drmonday member
drmonday member D Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 57 rochester michigan, oakland co...	I just put a new windshield in my 68 coronet last night. You shouldn't detroy the weatherstrip taking the windshield out but trying to save the glass from cracking is very tough and requires a lot of patience and soapy water. That model should have a locking weatherstrip which when unlocked helps with removal. Even the pros have a difficult time taking windshields out without breaking them. Good luck!

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? [Re: drmonday] #385745 07/25/09 02:52 PM 07/25/09 02:52 PM
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6PakBee I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,735 North Dakota	Make sure you have the right tool, glass sticks, to roll the seal back. Do it in warm weather but not in direct sunlight. Make sure you have the seal completely broken from the face of the windshield before you try to remove the windshield. Then start at the top and head for the corners going both directions from the center. Don't get impatient and force anything. You'll do fine. "We live in a time when intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended".

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? [Re: 6PakBee] #385746 07/25/09 04:19 PM 07/25/09 04:19 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,295 dark side of the moon D Dougsmopars top fuel
Dougsmopars top fuel D Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,295 dark side of the moon	If your looking to reuse the glass i'd forget saving the rubber. Your gonna crack the glass. Pro's most times won't try to save a rubber. Better to spend 75 bucks on a new rubber then 300 on a new glass. Also it will make reinstalling so much eaiser. For the 50 60 bucks i'd have a pro pull it and reinstall it.

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? [Re: Dougsmopars] #385747 07/25/09 04:49 PM 07/25/09 04:49 PM
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Anonymous OP Unregistered A	Quote: If your looking to reuse the glass i'd forget saving the rubber. Your gonna crack the glass. Pro's most times won't try to save a rubber. Better to spend 75 bucks on a new rubber then 300 on a new glass. Also it will make reinstalling so much eaiser. For the 50 60 bucks i'd have a pro pull it and reinstall it. thats what i plan on doing. i wasnt going to do it myself, i wonder if one of those triumph auto glass or 4 star glass can do it correctly.

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? [Re: Dougsmopars] #385748 07/25/09 04:53 PM 07/25/09 04:53 PM
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Anonymous OP Unregistered A	Quote: If your looking to reuse the glass i'd forget saving the rubber. Your gonna crack the glass. Pro's most times won't try to save a rubber. Better to spend 75 bucks on a new rubber then 300 on a new glass. Also it will make reinstalling so much eaiser. For the 50 60 bucks i'd have a pro pull it and reinstall it. thats what i plan on doing. i wasnt going to do it myself, i wonder if one of those triumph auto glass or 4 star glass companies can do it correctly.

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? #385749 07/25/09 06:07 PM 07/25/09 06:07 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,973 SoCal J jake4cars top fuel
jake4cars top fuel J Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,973 SoCal	Chris, Removing the windshield is real easy as long as you plan on replacing the rubber, I just take a box cutter and cut the rubber out around the glass and then carefully apply pressure at a couple of different spots to redistribute load and they usually pop right out. I have only lost one windshield out of dozens doing it this way and that was because it was outside in the winter and I got impatient. My wife and I reinstalled the window in my 65 Dodge, I bought the seal from Year One, it takes a LOT of patience on the install. Good Luck! Joey

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? [Re: jake4cars] #385750 07/25/09 07:26 PM 07/25/09 07:26 PM
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62maxwgn master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,436 Blair County,PA	New windshield in a 47yr old gasket.Came out and went in like a new one.It's easy if you're careful. 5375348-P7180010.JPG (35 downloads)

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? [Re: 62maxwgn] #385751 07/25/09 09:39 PM 07/25/09 09:39 PM
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cornet684me top fuel C Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,639 Brandon, Ms	i just changed out the windshield in my 68'coronet last week, i cut my gasket to get the windshield out and still cracked the windshield, i found the windshield at local shop installed for 165.00, i had to buy the new gasket , for 250.00 i have new gasket and new windshield, money well spent,

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? [Re: cornet684me] #385752 07/25/09 09:50 PM 07/25/09 09:50 PM
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Anonymous OP Unregistered A	Quote: i just changed out the windshield in my 68'coronet last week, i cut my gasket to get the windshield out and still cracked the windshield, i found the windshield at local shop installed for 165.00, i had to buy the new gasket , for 250.00 i have new gasket and new windshield, money well spent, thats what im trying to avoid, i got %65.00 worth of race decals on the windshield alone. 5375671-65PLYMOUTHHEMIBELVEDEREATBEAVERSPRINGS2009..3.jpg (35 downloads)

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? #385753 07/26/09 09:20 AM 07/26/09 09:20 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,295 dark side of the moon D Dougsmopars top fuel
Dougsmopars top fuel D Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,295 dark side of the moon	remove the trim. Take a razor knife and cut the flap off the gasket that overlaps the glass. Take out the glass and remove whats left of old gasket. Get a new gasket. I'd have a glass company do it. It's not worth breaking that glass to try and save a couple of bucks.

Re: Removing front windshield on my 65 belvedere ? [Re: Dougsmopars] #385754 07/26/09 09:56 AM 07/26/09 09:56 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,139 West Tennessee R rbstroker super stock
rbstroker super stock R Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,139 West Tennessee	The hardest part about removing my '65 Coronet windshield was removing the "chrome". This is the land of the free because of the brave

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