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Offline BigB427

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69 Door glass
« on: May 18, 2010, 08:10:36 PM »
I was wondering what people are using to hold their door glass to the mounting points on the regulator. Also Is it holding up ok?

I got a tape like product that looks similar to butyl from a glass company. Its thin and looks like something used on quarter window trim- don't know if I should use it, or something like 3M window weld.
Formerly 69 Mach 1 428SCJ w/ 4:30 gears, 69 GT 500 convertible #0018, 69 Boss 429 KK1599, 67 GT500 #0784, and a few others

Offline J_Speegle

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Re: 69 Door glass
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2010, 09:28:47 PM »
Last set I did we did in black silicon. Not sure how long it will last but that is what had last been used on the windows and it was a pain to take the brackets off so the owner made the choice of doing it that way again
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Offline cobrajetchris

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Re: 69 Door glass
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2010, 10:44:02 PM »
This has been a ongoing problem with the 69 windows since they were new, my dad worked at a FORD dealer back then and several times the windows were broke loose from the brackets when the cars came of the truck. My dad had a 69 mustang in the 70's and I can't count how many times he messed with the glass on that car until he finally got tired of it and changed all the glass to 70 model bolt in style. He used to rough up the area of the glass around the brackets, use a two part type glue etc.. and it never seemed to hold up. That was back in the 70's and two part glues have come a long ways. I think if I was going to try something today on the brackets I would rough up the glass and mounting channel with a 40 grit paper by hand and use 3M panel bond part #8115, this is used in the auto collision industry to bond on roofs, qtrs. etc... Again I have not tried this and in fact I am going to save myself the hassle and install the 70 bolt in glass on my 69 and take the point deduction. Just my thoughts on it.
P.S I don't know if the climate has something to do with this problem as I have noticed some southwest cars with original glass in them appear to hold up, anyone else seen this?
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69 MUSTANG COUPE, DEARBORN BUILT 06/10/69 OWNED SINCE 1978
70 BOSS 302 MUSTANG, DEARBORN BUILT 10/24/69 OWNED SINCE 1987
69 R CODE MACH1 AUTO, DEARBORN BUILT 10/10/68 OWNED SINCE 2006
69 R CODE MACH1 4 SPEED (factory black) SAN JOSE BUILT 12/30/68 OWNED SINCE 2007

Offline rockhouse66

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Re: 69 Door glass
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2010, 08:38:07 AM »
I used 3M Channel Bond on my '69 Torino glass about 3 years ago and so far, so good.  I cleaned the channel pretty well first though.

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