- #1960 thunderbird windshield installation cracked#
- #1960 thunderbird windshield installation install#
- #1960 thunderbird windshield installation manual#
The first is attached to the car’s door skin itself, usually with a series of clips or screws. The horizontal pieces are fairly simple to get to and change out. There’s a total of four felts on each of the doors-two that run horizontal and two that are vertical. Once the nuts and bolts are removed you can pull the assembly up and out of the door…slightly rotating it to allow the bottom mount post to fit through the opening in the top of the door. There are four bolts/nuts holding them into the door on each side, again marked for future realignment. Removing the quarter window assemblies is an even easier task. It’s then just a simple matter of pushing the window up the track and guiding it out of the door from the top. There are two pins on each window and if you’re careful you can remove the spring-loaded clip just far enough to disengage the pin from the roller without allowing the entire roller assembly to come apart.
Pulling the windows out of the Thunderbird meant removing two upper window stops on each door and then popping the window roller pins out of the spring-loaded rollers on the lower window tracks.
#1960 thunderbird windshield installation manual#
Obviously this may not be an option if your car was just painted but with the help of a service manual for your specific vehicle and some patience you can still get everything back into alignment without these marks. As I’ve Mentioned in previous articles like to use a little bit of spray paint to mark the current position of any hardware I’ll be taking out to aid in realignment when it all goes back together. Now we’ll begin the process of removing the door glass and quarter window assemblies. Next, the watershield should be removed to allow access to the door. To begin the job you will need to remove your inner door panels both front and rear which obviously means taking off any cranks, knobs, locks, etc. The fact that this Thunderbird model has front vent windows makes the process a bit more complicated but with some patience and the right tools anyone can perform this restoration.Īfter removing the interior door panel, glass and vent window assembly, you can see how the outer felt clips into the door.
#1960 thunderbird windshield installation install#
Usually I will install all new felts after a fresh paint job, however this particular car won’t be seeing fresh paint for quite a while so repair was necessary now.
Worn window felts are a common problem on our classics but a day’s worth of work, paired up with a few hundred dollars can go a long way in correcting the issues associated with their deterioration. After 50-plus years the originals had nothing more than the thin metal backing left and the added space was allowing the door glass to slap right up against the hard door shell, causing the broken window. The window had excessive play in and out of the center of the body, a direct result of deteriorated felts or “fuzzies” as they are often called. The owner was unsure of the actual cause of the damage but after a very short investigation the root problem became pretty apparent.
#1960 thunderbird windshield installation cracked#
That Can Lead to Loose-or Broken-Windows.Ī 1960 THUNDERBIRD came into my shop recently with a cracked driver side window in need of replacement. After Years of Use, These “Fuzzies” Often Are Worn Down.
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