I need to install glass in two vehicles , one a 51 chevrolet pickup and one a 32 Ford coupe Does anyone know what size glass setting tape will be needed for the door channel on each and what size for the vent windows on the pickup? Thanks Mike
your best bet is to take your windows to an auto glass shop and have them determine what you need. I had some new glass installed last year, and the fee was next to nothing. Only takes 'em a few minutes.
You might just want to install the glass with urethane. It makes for a much better attachment and easy of install.
You don't want to urethane in the side glass in 49-54 Chevys to the channel, the channel is rot prone and the bracket that mounts to the mechanism is just held on with a couple of spot welds, they can break. Better to leave it so you can take it apart. Which on mine they had a rubber gasket in there shaped like the channel and it was a press fit, as long as it went on tight you tapped it down with a rubber mallet and it hasn't come loose yet.
That's the way they have been done for years. I picked some up at a local glass shop and did my own in my 40 coupe. It comes in a couple different thicknesses and is like a tar paper. Seat the glass in the channel with a rubber mallet and trim the excess off with a razor blade.
NO URETHANE. That's for "junk" repairs that there's no intention of ever changing it. Measure your glass, measure your channel, divide the difference by 2. That's your tape size.
I tried Urethane once, never again. The glass won't come out of the channel and the heat caused the urethane to emit gas that caused the plastic in the glass to cloud. Really wanted to order the tape. The glass folks I have around here are not intersted rod guys with flat glass needs.
I buy mine at binswanger glass they are a national chain and here most are easy to deal with. Matter fact they would rather sell you the glass tape than put the glass in the car takes them longer to do an older car than the new stuff the insurance co pays them for. Hope you find it RED
I have a roll from when i did the ones on my 50 Chevy truck a few months ago.Binswanger cut the glass for me so they just gave me a roll of the tape.I resisted the temptation to Urethane them and did it the factory way also with the tape (even though it was a bitch).Mine have the frames that go around the top of the glass as well that also have to be taped along with the glass channel.The tape i used is an inch and a half wide and about a 1/16 thick.Installed mine in the living room floor with a rubber mallet ,lots of Dawn dish soap ,and patience .It took me about an hour on each side.Just trim the excess off when your done with a razor blade ...
How much did it take to do one side? QUOTE=The Shocker;6611372]I have a roll from when i did the ones on my 50 Chevy truck a few months ago.Binswanger cut the glass for me so they just gave me a roll of the tape.I resisted the temptation to Urethane them and did it the factory way also with the tape (even though it was a bitch).Mine have the frames that go around the top of the glass as well that also have to be taped along with the glass channel.The tape i used is an inch and a half wide and about a 1/16 thick.Installed mine in the living room floor with a rubber mallet ,lots of Dawn dish soap ,and patience .It took me about an hour on each side.Just trim the excess off when your done with a razor blade ...[/QUOTE]
I was told by some glass guys around here to use wd40. I used it on my 1949 Ford club coupe rear qtr windows. Got the glass tape and i guess the wd40 acts a release agent on the window tape. it get's slick then starts to tack up and get sticky and dries to glass. good glass shops will have the tape but I had to hunt around here in San Diego.
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