'52 chevy window trim removal?!?

how the heck do you remove the windshield and rear gl*** chrome trims without destroying them? they seem to have some kind of t-shaped lip squeezed between two rubber seals. it looks simple but it won't budge. the corner pieces are already off. am i missing something obvious here?

 

Gotta knock the whole window asembly out first! When insalling, the trim goes in first. Except for the beltline that bolts on. P M me if that ain't clear......OLDBEET

 

Just cut the rubber out from the inside. Use a new one when you reinstall them.

 

You need to remove the beltline trim on the front, unbolts under dash and one screw on the end. You CANNOT get the front gl*** out without taking this chrome off, it looks like you might, but it will break before you get it cleared enough - don't ask me how I know.

Take the inside window moldings off, too, so you can get at the back of the rubber and it has more room to move.

To get the chrome around the gl***, like he said it has to come out with the whole window. When I needed a rear gl*** for my '50, I was able to just push the whole thing out of the old Pontiac I got it from.

The front rubber won't come out of the car, but once the gl*** is out the stainless will come out of it too. You'd have to remove the center post to get the front rubber out of the car. The gl*** should push out from the outside, like it was hinged in the middle.

If you don't want that chrome, you need new rubber without the notch for the stainless, or it won't be quite tight to go back in. Mine was a standard and didn't have the chrome, but I kept it on the back window because the rubber that came with the car was broken in a couple spots. The one on the gl*** was in good shape -


Which, if you're careful or on a budget there is no need to cut the rubber - just remove them on a warm day and go easy, you can find a body manual online with good install/removal instructions. It helps to run something like a plastic knife around the inside and outside of the rubber both on the metal side and the gl*** side. When you put it back gunk it up good with sealer. My front rubber is original and my back is like 6 months newer going by the date on the side gl*** and it doesn't leak any.